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Is school consolidation the answer to South Dakota's low teacher pay? Ed experts say not so fast

While South Dakota ranks next-to-last in the U.S. in teacher pay, defenders of the system say they rank higher in per-pupil expenditure and could pay educators more through combining rural schools. But a closer look at the math and the history of school consolidation shows a more complicated picture. ....

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Is school consolidation the answer to South Dakota's low teacher pay? Ed experts say not so fast

While South Dakota ranks next-to-last in the U.S. in teacher pay, defenders of the system say they rank higher in per-pupil expenditure and could pay educators more through combining rural schools. But a closer look at the math and the history of school consolidation shows a more complicated picture. ....

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Is school consolidation the answer to South Dakota's low teacher pay? Ed experts say not so fast

While South Dakota ranks next-to-last in the U.S. in teacher pay, defenders of the system say they rank higher in per-pupil expenditure and could pay educators more through combining rural schools. But a closer look at the math and the history of school consolidation shows a more complicated picture. ....

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