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South Dakota House: Abolish U.S. Dept. of Education

January 28, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The South Dakota House yesterday voted 48-20 on HCR 1003 which is a resolution calling on Congress to abolish the U.S. Department of Education.

Filed Under: Education at State Level, Federalized Education Tagged With: 2015 Bills, HCR 1003, Jim Bolin, South Dakota House, U.S. Department of Education

Previewing the Battle Over Common Core in Pierre

January 15, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Rapid City Journal had an article on Sunday on the upcoming battle over the Common Core State Standards in South Dakota.  The first line was music to my ears.  “State Education Secretary Melody Schopp expects to spend much of the upcoming South Dakota legislative session defending the Common Core standards…” Good, keep her busy.  […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Jim Bolin, Melody Schopp, Rapid City Journal, South Dakota, South Dakota Legislature

SD State Rep Drops Statewide Campaign in Order to Fight Common Core

October 4, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports late last night that South Dakota State Representative Jim Bolin (R-Canton) gave up his campaign to become South Dakota’s Commissioner of School and Public Lands in order to focus on his fight against Common Core. For six months, state Rep. Jim Bolin has been waging a determined campaign to […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Jim Bolin, South Dakota Legislature

South Dakota Q&A: South Dakota’s History for Common Core

September 24, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

I participated in a forum last week in Sioux Falls, SD.  Questions were complied for two months prior and the panelists were given the questions (summarized) a couple of days prior to the event.  Unfortunately since forum was not moderated and rules put in place regarding time limits South Dakota Education Secretary Melody Schopp and […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Dennis Daugaard, Ernie Otten, Jim Bolin, Melody Schopp, Mike Rounds, Phyllis Heineman, Rick Melmer, South Dakota Board of Education, South Dakota Department of Education, South Dakota Legislature, South Dakotans Against Common Core

Why State Legislatures Should Decide Standards

September 19, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

At a Common Core forum I participated in on Tuesday in Sioux Falls, SD, State Senator Phyllis Heineman (R-Sioux Falls), said that the South Dakota Legislature “never set content standards.”  She noted that has always been up to the State Board of Education. She said that was done to keep politics out of standards.  That’s […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards Tagged With: Amy Sinclair, Common Core State Standards, Jim Bolin, Melody Schopp, Next Generation Science Standards, Phyllis Heineman, Rick Melmer, South Dakota Board of Education

Common Core Forum in Sioux Falls, SD

September 16, 2013 By truthinamed

There will be a Common Core forum in Sioux Falls, SD on Tuesday, September 17.  A Common Core discussion will be held during the Siouxland Republican Monthly Business Meeting from 7:00p – 8:30p.   It will be held at the Good Samaritan Society, Jerstad Retreat Center (4800 W 57th St. Sioux Falls). Panelists include: In favor […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core Forum, Common Core State Standards, Ernie Otten, Jim Bolin, Melody Schopp, Phyllis Heineman, Rick Melmer, Shane Vander Hart, South Dakota Department of Education

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