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The College of Education and Human Sciences, which consists of two schools, the School of Education, Counseling and Human Sciences and the School of Health and Consumer Sciences, foresees significant changes coming after Evan Ortlieb was hired as dean, earlier this year. After Dean Paul Barnes stepped down, the college was in an interim period...
After years of planning, SDSU has added an elementary education major to its program, and this fall 2023 marks its first semester. SDSU tried to offer the new program several times in the past and the South Dakota Board of Regents finally accepted the proposal last year. That gave the university the green light to...
South Dakota State University hopes to be part of the solution to add teachers to the declining teacher workforce by adding two new majors: elementary education and special education. The potential addition of the two new majors has been the topic of conversation for over a year, Maher said. This is the first dedicated attempt...
With history, civics a 'battlefield,' South Dakota looks to revise social studies The South Dakota legislature gave Gov. Kristi Noem $900,000 to upgrade the state's history and civics curricula just in time for a once-in-every-seven-years revision of the state's social studies standards. It's still anyone's bet what'll emerge from the process. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × Rep. Will Mortenson, a Pierre Republican, speaks on the floor of the South Dakota House during the 2021 legislative session. Mortenson was one of a handful of legislators to speak in fav...