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South Dakota In Middle of Tweaking Education Standards

November 22, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The South Dakota Board of Education is in the middle of the hearing process for proposed education standards having completed two of four required hearings.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core, Don Kirkegaard, South Dakota, South Dakota Board of Education

South Dakota to Review Common Core

January 13, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader reports that the South Dakota Board of Education plans to review the Common Core State Standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Every Student Succeeds Act, Melody Schopp, South Dakota, South Dakota Board of Education

South Dakota House Narrowly Rejects Common Core Resolution

January 30, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The South Dakota House of Representatives narrowly rejected HCR 1008.  This is unbelievable.  All this bill did was to urge the South Dakota Board of Education to refrain from expanding the Common Core State Standards or any other multi-state standards (like the Next Generation Science Standards) into the state.  It did not direct the board […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: HCR 1008, South Dakota, South Dakota Board of Education, South Dakota House, South Dakota Senate

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

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