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HURON, S.D. – Educating youth is something Margaret Sumption has been passionate about most of her life. “I have always enjoyed kids, and as a teacher I found that they are generally happy and certainly every day is different,” Sumption explains. Sumption was recognized by South Dakota Farmers Union for her service to rural youth […]
PHILIP, S.D. – Individuals who are striving to be leaders and change-makers in the cattle industry are highlighted annually by an ag publication based in Philip. The Top 10 Industry Leaders Under the Age of 40 is compiled by The Cattle Business Weekly. Each year the publication selects a group of men and women who […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Each year, an average of nearly 700 out-of-state students who graduate from a public South Dakota university choose to work and live in the state after graduation. State leaders hope to increase that number to help fill the estimated 29,000 jobs currently available. Northern State University graduate Madi Filber exchanged her Wisconsin […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Board of Regents is again looking for a tuition freeze for it’s six public state universities. This time, it’s looking for a freeze for the 2025 fiscal year. The board has had success with past freezes in keeping costs from rising at the state’s public universities, and it says […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Total postsecondary enrollment at public and private colleges was down 2.7% in the fall of 2021, coming out of the pandemic. However, the second largest major increase at four- year institutions was in agriculture up 7%. National enrollment in ag majors at two-year institutions was up 41 percent. To provide more opportunities […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Early mornings at the new Oceti Sakowin Community Academy are a joyous time for the roughly 28 kindergartners who attend and the two staff members who teach them. Before classes begin, students join in a circle and sing the “Four Directions” song in Lakota, and students shake one another’s hands and […]
PIERRE, S.D. — Big plans are rolling out from the South Dakota Department of Education (SDDOE) intended to help teachers bring South Dakota’s new social-studies standards into their classrooms. The SDDOE characterizes it as a ‘moving forward’ following a controversial two-year battle over state education social studies standards content. A statewide summit is set for […]
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