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Starr questioned the announcement being in the "Good News Report," not the regular agenda, and why it wasn't posted online in advance of the meeting.

Teachers will see a higher starting salary, an additional 0.75% salary increase, a 15% increase to extra duties, and step changes for experience.

Once again, opponents of South Dakota’s proposed social studies standards outnumbered the proponents of those same standards Monday morning.

The educators’ action called attention to the next public hearing on the proposed social studies standards, standards that some educators oppose.

Dash For Cash organizers Sioux Falls Stampede and CU Mortgage Direct have apologized. Theyll donate more money to area teachers.

A video of teachers scrambling for dollar bills on the floor of a hockey rink has gone viral, with critics on social media calling the footage cruel.

Dash For Cash organizers Sioux Falls Stampede and CU Mortgage Direct apologized for the South Dakota event and say they plan to donate more money.

South Dakota teachers scooping up dollar bills on the cold ice of the Sioux Falls Stampedes hockey rink is a strong metaphor for education funding.

Candidates for Meade 46-1 School Board hold forum Wednesday night Gary MatthewsMay 12, 2021Local photo by Gary MatthewsCandidates for the Meade 46-1 School Board answer questions during a candidates forum on Wednesday Night. STURGIS, S.D. – The six candidates running for three spots on the Meade 46-1 School Board answered questions during a candidate’s forum held by the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night. The six candidates are Kassi Barry of New Underwood, Terry Koontz of Sturgis...

Gov. Noem: Biggest cultural challenge is defeating anti-American indoctrination Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader © Erin Bormett / Argus Leader Governor Kristi Noem gives the State of the State address on Tuesday, January 12, in the House of Representatives at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. The biggest cultural challenge of this lifetime is “defeating anti-American indoctrination,” Gov. Kristi Noem said in a Fox News opinion piece co-signed by Dr. Ben Car...