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Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a 16-billion-dollar K-12 school funding bill -- a 485-million-dollar increase paid for ...
The current Dean of the School of Education at the University of South Dakota is leaving for a new job.Rick Melmer says he wi...
South Dakota lawmakers will once again look at education funding as part of the summer study committees.Representative Susan ...
Andrew Baker has been named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Mount Marty College. Baker will be the 8th Head Coac...
A nonprofit agency that provides teachers in mostly poor areas of South Dakota came under heavy questioning at a committee he...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has appointed David Anderson of Canton to the vacant seat in the House of Representatives from Distr...
South Dakota women’s basketball coach Amy Williamshas announced the signing ofRaeshel Contreras of Foothill College (Ca...
The Yankton School Board got an updated version of the budget being written for the new school year in the fall.Superintenden...
As the school year winds down, this is Teacher Appreciation Week across the country.School districts in South Dakota are work...
Students in the Yankton School District will not have to make up snow days this spring.The School Board held a special meetin...
The current Dean of the Graduate School at the University of South Dakota is leaving that position to become President and Ch...
This week, Public School 244 in New York City became the first elementary school in the City to adopt an all vegetarian menu....
Senator Mark Johnston of Sioux Falls has announced his resignation from the South Dakota legislature as he becomes Vice Presi...
There is some movement in education reform discussions at the Iowa statehouse, but no breakthrough. Senate Democrats have agr...
As this school year wraps up, districts across Nebraska are working to set their budgets for the fall.Debate in the legislatu...
The medical community and law enforcement in South Dakota are cooperating to help new parents cope with their crying babies.A...
The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature decided to form an interim committee this summer to look at education fun...
Hours of difficult debate got nowhere, so debate on Nebraska’s school funding formula in the legislature has been suspe...
– Three members of the Northeast Community College women’s basketball team have signed national letters of intent...
Much of the Boston metro area is on lockdown as an intense manhunt continues for at least one suspect connected to the Marath...
While overall costs to attend a South Dakota university will go up an average of four point four percent this fall, it is sti...
Yankton High School Principal Dr. Wayne Kindle will move into the Superintendent’s office in July. The school board off...
– A member of the Northeast Community College men’s basketball team will be playing for a Division One university...
The South Dakota Board of Regents has voted to increase student tuition an average of four point four percent for the next sc...
University of Nebraska President J-B Milliken is pleased with action by the legislative Appropriations Committee to budget th...
Jarrod Johnson, the South Dakota Commissioner of School and Public Lands, has announced his resignation.In a letter to Govern...
A 10-member panel of Iowa legislators could be assembled to begin work on a compromise education reform plan. On Wednesday af...
Key Iowa lawmakers from both political parties say when it comes to education reform, money matters rather than policy differ...
Some Iowa lawmakers are raising concerns about the governor's anti-bullying bill. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, a Republic...
Iowa lawmakers will pick up the debate on education reform and funding when they return to Des Moines after the Easter break....
The first candidate for a state wide office next year in South Dakota has entered the race.State Representative Jim Bolin of ...
A study sponsored by the Platte Institute suggests Nebraska needs to reach for defined goals for what it wants from its colle...
The nutrition rules that the US Department of Agriculture has imposed on public schools extends beyond the lunch room. New gu...
Eagle Creek Software Services is expanding into Vermillion, with plans to build a technology center that will employ over 200...
The Iowa House has voted to measure the length of the school year in hours rather than days. Iowa's K-through-12 schools ...
State Senator Ken Haar of Malcolm has introduced a bill into the Nebraska legislature that would require all school districts...
A partnership between the State of South Dakota, the city of Vermillion and the University of South Dakota has help land abou...
The Yankton School Board heard a report last night on the possible effects of the federal sequestration process.Superintenden...
South Dakota lawmakers are looking to wrap up the main run of the 2013 legislative session today, with major legislation on e...
School officials in Iowa would have clear legal authority to discipline students who use Twitter and Facebook to bully other ...
Two school districts in north east Nebraska will be looking at cooperative possibilities. Randy Anderson, Superintendent of t...
South Dakota lawmakers hope to wrap up the main run of the 2013 legislature this week. One of the issues still out there is e...
The Iowa Department of Education says more high school students graduated in 2012 than the year before. The Department of Edu...
At a stop in Brookings ,Wednesday, Deputy U.S. Ag Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a $ 4 million grant provided to S...
The “Guide to Online Schools” website recently ranked South Dakota State University number two overall, and numbe...
The Regional Technical Education Center in Yankton has had a mobile welding lab on the road since last fall, helping teach te...
The Yankton School District will be changing its internet provider, and increase connection speeds as part of the run up to o...
Iowa’s four Catholic bishops are asking lawmakers to consider a plan that would give every Iowa parent an "educati...
Iowa's shortage of nurses is starting to be solved through a University of Iowa program which officials hope will see an ...
Republicans in the Iowa House are scaling back Governor Terry Branstad's education reform plan, making it optional rather...
South Dakota lawmakers will still have to decide how much of a budget increase school districts will get next year. Governor ...
The official search for a new Superintendent for the Yankton School District is underway. The Yankton School Board hired Dako...
There are several bills still pending in the South Dakota legislature that would set up various grant programs for school dis...
The South Dakota Senate Education Committee heard testimony on a bill (SB187) that would end continuing contracts for teacher...
The Yankton School Board has hired Dakota Educational Consultants to coordinate the search for a new superintendent.Dr. Joe G...
Democratic leaders in the South Dakota Legislature focused on education issues at their briefing Thursday.Senate Minority Lea...
Northwestern College in Orange City Iowa is on the list of “The 15 Best Colleges for Studying the Bible,” accordi...
The South Dakota House Education Committee narrowly passed the school sentinel bill on Friday, sending it on to the full Hous...
Schools across South Dakota will have to make changes in their approach to standardized testing. The state has adopted the &l...
The Chicago Bears have hired former University of South Dakota offensive lineman Andy Bischoff as their tight ends coach. Bis...
The first group of medical students has been selected to fan out into rural South Dakota under the FARM or frontier and rural...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three percent increase in state aid to education next year. That was part of his budg...
Democrats in the Iowa Senate want to send Iowa's K-through-12 public schools 133-million more state tax dollars for the s...
The Yankton School Board has agreed to make some changes in how school elections will be held in the future.Yankton County wa...
The head of the College of Nursing at South Dakota State University has announced her intention to retire this year, but no f...
A new report shows about 20 percent of Iowa's young children live in poverty -- and the largest pockets of poverty are no...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is again putting "education reform" on his to-do list for legislators.Branstad will re...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has announced that he has reached an agreement with state college and university officials to...
The 2013 session of the South Dakota Legislature will deal, as always, with a number of education-related issues. Following a...
While South Dakota voters defeated a comprehensive education reform measure in November, bits and pieces of that bill may res...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three point two percent increase in funding for the state’s universities in the...
As the South Dakota legislature gets underway next week, there will be bills dealing with education, and more than just fundi...
The Yankton City Commission should be more actively involved with the Yankton School District.Mayor Nancy Wenande and other c...
An education reform plan that was killed by South Dakota voters last month would have moved toward higher student achievement...
An education reform plan that was killed by South Dakota voters last month would have moved toward higher student achievement...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three percent funding increase for state schools next year.Most districts are still r...
Last week's elementary school massacre in Connecticut is prompting a list of suggestions for preventing a repeat -- but s...
– A Wakefield native has been hired as the new women’s volleyball coach at Northeast Community College.Amanda Sch...
Bills for the 2013 South Dakota legislative session are starting to trickle into the legislative research council.One of thos...
Students at Yankton High School were held in their home rooms for about an hour Tuesday while South Dakota Highway Patrol dru...
A three percent increase in state aid to schools was part of the budget proposal from Governor Dennis Daugaard. That would be...
South Dakota’s universities are reaching out to other institutions both in state and out in an effort to increase oppor...
Despite the failure of a comprehensive education reform plan at the ballot box last month, South Dakota legislators will agai...
Governor Terry Branstad says he's "concerned" about recent events at the University of Iowa -- and Branstad sup...
Yankton Police Chief Brian Paulsen asked the city commission last night to support a grant request to partially fund police o...
Iowa Board of Regents president, Craig Lang, confirms the board has not renewed the contract for University of Iowa President...
Yankton School Superintendent Dr. Joe Gertsema says it’s time for a change...Gertsema was arrested early on the morning...
A major education reform package that was passed by this years legislature was referred, and defeated by voters last month.On...
A number of committees have been meeting since the last legislative session to come up with reform ideas for Iowa schools. Ma...
Information compiled by the U-S Department of Education shows Iowa has the highest high school graduation rate in the country...
The three state-supported universities in Iowa are asking the governor for 75-million-dollars for so-called deferred maintena...
Yankton High School will soon be able to send out electronic transcripts for students applying to colleges or scholarships. H...
Republican Bill Van Gerpen of Tyndall will be the new Senator from District 19. He defeated longtime democratic legislator Fr...
— Head coach Aaron Johnston announced Wednesday that four high school standouts have signed a National Letter of Intent...
Ray Ring of Vermillion will be a new member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from District 17. Ring, a democrat s...
Sara Cushing from Doane College has been tabbed as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year, while Jenn...
Republican Mike Stevens of Yankton will go to Pierre in January as a House member from District 18. He was elected to his fir...
South Dakota voters decided they did not like education reforms that were passed by this years legislature, and placed on the...
Round two of high school football playoff action in Nebraska took place Wednesday in four of the six classes. The next round ...
A measure to repeal school lunch regulations that limits calories for school children has been introduced in the House by Con...
Several legislative forums have been held this week as Election Day nears.In a District 18 Senate meeting at Mount Marty Coll...
The board that governs the three state-supported universities in Iowa approved a state grant program that will replace a prog...
Nebraska high school football teams began post season play Thursday with playoff action in four of the six classes.Second rou...
The board that governs the three state-supported universities in Iowa has started a new initiative that makes debt counseling...
The board that governs the three state-supported universities in Iowa will ask for nearly 80-million more dollars in funding ...
The first list of the state’s new “School Performance Index” has been released. As part of South Dakota&rsq...
Despite a new Iowa law and stiffer penalties, some motorists are still failing to stop for school busses that are dropping of...
The members of 4 of 6 Iowa task forces studying how to improve education have released their final reports. The task force lo...
Schools, students and parents have had to adjust to new nutrition rules this year. The USDA has set guidelines for calories, ...
The Yankton School Board heard about drug and alcohol issues at the high school during their board meeting last night.High sc...
Democratic Representative Susan Wismer of Britton says she is supporting Initiated Measure 15, the sales tax increase.The mon...
Strong winds pushing trash across and out of the Yankton High School parking lot have sparked some public complaints.High Sch...
A disturbing trend from the last school year is continuing this fall.Yankton High School Principal Dr. Wayne Kindle told the ...
A fact of life for state universities is the need to provide more of their own financial backing. The state now provides less...
The official date for counting students in South Dakota schools is the last Friday in September.For the Yankton School Distri...
South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem made a stop at Yankton High School Wednesday, and the new USDA guidelines for school m...
Education funding was one of the topics at a District 18 legislative forum last (Monday) night in Yankton.Republican House ca...
A representative of Iowa’s school administrators who’s serving on a task force on raising teacher salaries says t...
The State of South Dakota was successful in getting a US Department of Education waiver from the “No Child Left Behind&...
Omaha State Senator Scott Lautenbaugh plans to start the 2013 legislative session by introducing measures that would provide ...
The Post Secondary Education Committee of the South Dakota legislature took another look at performance based spending at the...
Members of the Iowa task force assigned to address the controversial issue of when school should start in the fall has decide...
Iowa Congressman Steve King has introduced legislation to repeal USDA’s new school lunch program guidelines that calls ...
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology confirmed this morning that its president, Robert Wharton, has died.In April, Whart...
A national group called “Change the Equation” says South Dakota has to do more to help students achieve in the ST...
New federal rules have changed the amount and types of food public schools feed their students. In some cases, it has brought...
The K-12 Advisory committee met again this week in Pierre as part of the education reform process.Senator Mark Johnston of Si...
The president of the board that governs the three state-supported universities said today they will seek a tuition freeze for...
A slight drop in enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will trigger a cut in the budget.UNL Chancellor Harvey Perl...
An agenda item approving bus stops for the Gayville-Volin school district led the Yankton School Board into a discussion of p...
The Yankton School Board officially passed the budget for the current school year at their monthly meeting last night.Superin...
University of Iowa president Sally Mason says "in retrospect" she "probably" would have made a different ...
One of the more interesting pieces of discussion at the Iowa Farm Bureau Spring Policy conference last week had to do with sc...
The Rural Health Office of the South Dakota Department of Health currently offers a couple of grant programs designed to recr...
The Post-Secondary Education Committee of the South Dakota legislature has been looking at funding of the state’s unive...
University of Iowa President Sally Mason is predicting record enrollment at the Iowa City campus this fall.Mason believes the...
Hot weather has disrupted the schedules at some area schools this week. Howard and Colman-Egan Schools both released students...
A recent report by the American Association of Medical Colleges warns that the country could be about one hundred fifty thous...
Medical researchers and students from seven universities in four countries are in Omaha this week for a summit on topics rang...
While they have not been officially adopted yet, South Dakota schools will soon have a new set of rules to judge student achi...
More money is needed for the ag experiment stations in the state.South Dakota State University President Dr. David Chicoine s...
It will be a big weekend at universities across the state, as students return before classes start next week.South Dakota Sta...
The Nebraska Department of Education released their 2012 state reading, math and science scores on tests given to students la...
A-C-T released its annual report on how well the students who take the organization's college entrance exam are prepared ...
The "Star-Tribune" reports two felony child pornography counts have been filed against Minnesota State head footbal...
A recent report by US News and World Report listed the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine as one of the mo...
The Postsecondary Education Interim Committee of the South Dakota Legislature will hold a two day meeting this week at Dakota...
A group of state lawmakers will meet in Madison this week to discuss higher education in South Dakota. The Post-secondary Edu...
While returning to university campuses late each summer is a tradition, a growing online trend may make some major changes to...
While the need is there for more specialists in schools, finding them can be difficult.Yankton School Superintendent Dr. Joe ...
The South Dakota Board of Regents will ask the legislature for an additional nineteen million dollars in their budget next ye...
Tuition at South Dakota universities will be up five to seven percent this fall compared to last year. It is the latest in a ...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds opened their weekly news conference Monday speaking to repo...
Its back to school for many students in north east Nebraska.Randy Anderson is Superintendent for the Hartington Public and Cr...
Republican Nebraska Senate candidate Deb Fischer says it's time for the country to abandon No Child Left Behind.Fischer s...
An inquiry has been launched into research conducted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center after a publication raised ...
Medical researchers and students from seven universities in four countries are in Omaha this week for a summit on topics rang...
A major issue for school districts across South Dakota is the age of their teachers, and finding replacements.Dr. Rick Melmer...
Iowa's governor plans to convene a statewide "bullying prevention summit" this fall. The author of a book that ...
A survey by state health officials finds Nebraska's high school students are engaging in less risky behavior than in year...
A symposium created by state education officials to talk about leadership in education was held this weekend at Drake Univers...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad told members of the State Board of Education that he will continue pushing his education reform ...
The National High School Athletic Coaches Association has named the 2012 NHSACA Coach of the Year Winners. To be considered f...
The American Legislative Exchange Council held its annual meeting in Salt Lake City last week. ALEC has been behind legislati...
A task force is discussing the amount of time Iowa students spend in the classroom and whether there should be an increase. T...
– Mount Marty College men's basketball program is pleased to announce that high school graduates Bryan Youngberg, Y...
There will be at least two ballot issues this fall that will directly affect South Dakota schools. One will decide the fate o...
Greg Binstock, who competed for Augustana during the 1990s, has returned to the Vikings' track and field program as assis...
Test scores presented to the South Dakota Board of Education show teaching candidates have among the lowest scores in about t...
Iowa State University's president says too many students have an "unmanageable debt load." I-S-U president Stev...
— The South Dakota State University women's basketball team continued its track record of academic success, ranking...
The Education Reform Committee will meet today and tomorrow in Pierre. The committee, made up of legislators and others conne...
The State of South Dakota has been granted a waiver from enforcing requirements of the federal “No Child Left Behind&rd...
Police have shut down a Twitter site that appears to be for bullying students at Worthington Minnesota High School. Superinte...
Kimberly Grieve will become the new Dean of students at the University of South Dakota. She starts her new job at the end of ...
South Dakota State head softball coach Kim Aggabao announced the hiring of Alex Hupp as an assistant coach on Tuesday."I...
The Yankton School Board held a public hearing on the new school year budget at their meeting.The proposal calls for total sp...
The Yankton School Board re-organized at their meeting, with Mathew Pietz taking the seat he won in Aprils school election. H...
Teachers and other supporters submitted just under 31,000 petition signatures to the Secretary of States office in a bid to r...
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MARKS THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MORRILL ACT. THAT'S THE 1862 LAW THAT ESTABLISHED THE NA...
The Postsecondary Education Interim Committee of the South Dakota legislature holds their first meeting Wednesday in Pierre. ...
A national report from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce gives four year universities in South Dakota low grades when...
The Iowa state republican convention a week ago elected a slate of delegates to the national convention officially uncommitte...
– The University of South Dakota athletic department has won the Summit League’s Institutional Academic Achieveme...
– Mount Marty College is pleased to announce the athletic signing of Erica Dreckman of Marcus, IA to play basketball fo...
Congress continues to look for a compromise that will avoid an interest rate hike for student loans on July first.Without act...
With the referral of HB1234 to the voters in November looking likely, debate over the education reform bill will intensify.Th...
The South Dakota Education Association has turned in about 30,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state, gathered in ...
The South Dakota Education Association has turned in about 30,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state, gathered in ...
Just weeks after Jeff Dittman announced his return to Dakota State University to serve as athletic director and women's b...
Students completing a summer courses in manufacturing and certified nursing assistance were recognized Friday at a ceremony a...
The funding of higher education in South Dakota is one of the study topics for legislators this summer. More pressure is bein...
The Yankton School Board will deal with reality, and allow more liberal uses of electronic devices at Yankton High School.Pri...
The South Dakota State wrestling team and head coachChris Bonoannounced two more signings for the upcoming season...Brance Si...
The Yankton School Board approved the hiring of a full time drug and alcohol counselor at their meeting last night.Superinten...
Multiple sport star and South Dakota State University football recruit Mike Shoff has been named Nebraska's boys high sch...
The University Of Nebraska Board Of Regents approved a 3.75 percent tuition increase at their meeting last week.NU President ...
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin convened a regional hearing about bullying in Des Moines.Emily Domayer, a 2006 graduate of Sioux City...
University of Nebraska regents approved extending employee benefits to same sex partners. Helen Moore told regents that she&#...
While schools are pretty quiet this time of year, administrators are working ahead for late summer when students return.Randy...
The board that oversees the operation of the state universities in Iowa approved the formation of a committee to move toward ...
University of Nebraska President J-B Milliken will propose a budget for the four-campus system to the Board of Regents Friday...
The Twins made Georgia high school outfielder Byron Buxton the second-overall pick in Monday night's MLB Draft. Buxton at...
An interim committee of the South Dakota legislature will look at how the state’s higher education system is funded, an...
The nineteenth annual South Dakota Girls and Women in Sport Awards Banquet will be held Saturday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m., in Mi...
State labor officials say Iowa has an abundance of good-paying jobs in a wide range of professions and too few workers traine...
State officials hope to encourage more Nebraskans to invest in their children's future.Or their grandchildren...nieces......
The South Dakota High School Activities Associations' Boy' and Girls' State High School Track and Field Meet will...
Rising costs have pushed tuition and fees for South Dakota universities higher than some neighboring states. That was in a re...
The 2012 South DakotaClass “B” Girls’ and Boys’ State Golf Tournament is scheduled for Monday and Tue...
A drug and alcohol counselor could soon be a staff member in the Yankton School District. After what High School Principal Dr...
The Yankton School Board voted to support an amendment to the South Dakota High School Activities Association constitution th...
The Yankton School Board voted to support an amendment to the South Dakota High School Activities Association constitution th...
The Iowa Department of Education has assembled a taskforce on teacher leadership and pay to come up with recommendations on w...
The Yankton School Board saw the first draft of the budget for the next school year. Superintendent Dr Joe Gertsema says it s...
The Board of Regents will be meeting this week at South Dakota State University. While the board set tuition rates for the fa...
The South Dakota Department of Education has put together a number of work groups related to HB1234, the education reform bil...
Shawn Keizer is the male recipient of the NAIA's 2012 A.O. Duer Award.Keizer has been a part of the Dordt College basketb...
The South Dakota State wrestling team continued its stretch of signings with two more national letters of intent...J.J. Evera...
Iowa Republican Governor Terry Branstad is expressing optimism about prospects for an agreement on property tax reform, but t...
The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature has decided to study the funding of higher education in the state. It&rsq...
A watchdog group is releasing new figures they say shows how damaging it will be to Iowa college students -- and to the econo...
An education reform bill passed by this years South Dakota legislature is on its way to a possible vote of the people in Nove...
College students at Chadron, Peru and Wayne State will pay more to go to school next year...three-and-a-half percent more.The...
Now that classes are wrapping up at state universities, the construction equipment will move back in.Jim Abbott, President at...
Classes for university students across South Dakota are wrapping up this week, and many of those students have already regist...
National FFA Chief Operating Officer Dwight Armstrong spoke to members at the Minnesota State FFA Convention in Minneapolis.T...
National FFA Chief Operating Officer Dwight Armstrong spoke to members at the Minnesota State FFA Convention in Minneapolis.T...
Mount Marty College is pleased to announce the athletic signing of Allison Berry of Cottage Grove, MN to play basketball for ...
The latest report from a public policy research group concerning the budget choices of Iowa lawmakers compares the funding of...
Three schools in south east South Dakota are looking at a plan that could save on food costs. Sandy Kramer, supervisor of the...
Three schools in south east South Dakota are looking at a plan that could save on food costs. Sandy Kramer, supervisor of the...
It didn't get anywhere in the Nebraska legislature this year, but it might not have to. An effort to make it state law th...
The Iowa House has voted to bar schools from starting before the 4th Monday in August. Representative Peter Cownie, a Republi...
Iowa school officials are pushing back against an effort to delay the first day of school. Most Iowa school districts get a w...
Iowa legislators begin the fourteenth week of the 2012 session this week with some big issues yet to resolve. Reform of the s...
The Viborg and Hurley school districts are working toward a full consolidation effective July first. Voters in both districts...
A scandal involving the Atlanta public schools and manipulation of standardized test scores led the Atlanta Journal Constitut...
Supporters of legislation related to children’s issues say they had mixed success in the 2012 South Dakota legislature....
Many students across the state are taking Dakota STEP tests this week. It’s the states version of standardized testing ...
Iowa schools would be able to start on the 4th Monday of August, but no earlier under legislation pending in the Iowa House. ...
The Yankton School Board has issued teacher contracts for the 2012-2013 school year, and also temporarily cut about sixteen c...
Iowa's tourism industry has mounted another effort to stop schools from starting way before September 1st and the top Rep...
The Yankton School Board will hold another special meeting to issue contracts to teachers for the upcoming school year. The m...
Two open positions on the Yankton School Board will be filled on April 10th but before then the candidates met at R-Tech in Y...
The South Dakota Board of Regents will consider a tuition hike at their meeting at Northern State University in Aberdeen toda...
A legislative hearing about shutting down the University of Northern Iowa's laboratory school for student teachers evolve...
The South Dakota Board of Regents will meet at Northern State University in Aberdeen this week, with tuition shifts on the ag...
The Yankton School Board held a special meeting to set some direction in their budget. That came about because of the failure...
Another petition drive is underway in South Dakota, looking to put HB1234 on the November ballot. That bill was the centerpie...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad's latest attempt to apply public pressure on legislators to pass "bold" education ...
A seventh class of high school football in South Dakota is coming in 2013. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports the change wa...
USDA says it will offer more choices to schools in the National School Lunch program when it comes to purchases of ground bee...
The South Dakota legislature increased funding to state schools this year, but that comes after a ten percent cut last year. ...
Dr Dennis Papini will be the new Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at South Dakota State University. Papini joins SDSU f...
The Yankton School Board is beginning the process of putting together a budget for the next school year.This comes in the wak...
A week ago, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad issued a very public plea, asking his fellow Republican legislators to provide more ...
A new report from an Iowa based research group shows public funding for higher education has dropped 40-percent in the past 1...
Yankton School Superintendent Dr. Joe Gertsema is one of three candidates running for the top spot with the American Associat...
A school superintendent in northwest Iowa is responding to media reports that he rejected the showing of a documentary on bul...
While the bill itself has not yet been signed, a petition drive will look to force it to a public vote. HB1234 had been the c...
One of the center pieces of this year’s South Dakota legislative session is HB1234, the Governor’s plan to push h...
The South Dakota legislature this year passed an anti-bullying policy that is awaiting the governor’s signature. It wou...
Over 40 Iowans traveled to the statehouse to speak at a public hearing focused on education reform bills pending in the House...
HB1234, the education reform plan introduced by Governor Dennis Daugaard passed the South Dakota House late yesterday by a th...
The Yankton School District will have to figure out budget options following the defeat of a proposed one point four million ...
Voters in the Yankton School District have again rejected a property tax opt out proposal. The school board was asking for on...
Mount Marty College in Yankton will begin offering a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction degree. The school was...
President Obama has said that universities need to quit “jacking up” tuition costs to students and parents. He ha...
Iowa Senate Democrats have endorsed legislation that would set aside 20-million dollars in state tax money over the next thre...
After being heavily amended, HB1234, the Governors teacher incentive plan passed out of the Senate Education committee. The p...
After being heavily amended, HB1234, the Governors teacher incentive plan passed out of the Senate Education committee. The p...
High school students wouldn't be able to drop out of school until they reach the age of 18 under a bill moving forward in...
High school students wouldn't be able to drop out of school until they reach the age of 18 under a bill moving forward in...
Democrats and Republicans in the Iowa legislature have shelved some key components of Governor Terry Branstad's education...
Despite the emotions that are following HB1234, the Governor’s teacher incentive plan, legislative leaders say the bill...
A bill is working its way through the South Dakota legislature that would set up more rules on how school districts could spe...
A bill is working its way through the South Dakota legislature that would set up more rules on how school districts could spe...
With all the discussion around the Governors proposed teacher bonus plan, there has not been much discussion yet of school fu...
The focus on education and funding switches to the South Dakota Senate this week as the Governor’s proposal for teacher...
Education, and a proposed teacher incentive program was a big part of a District 18 legislative coffee in Yankton on Saturday...
The teacher incentive plan proposed by Governor Dennis Daugaard was amended before it was passed by the House last week, and ...
While Governor Dennis Daugaard is in California on a dairy recruitment trip, Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels sat in on the w...
The South Dakota legislature is on a four day break this weekend, with seven legislative days left over the final two weeks o...
The teacher bonus plan, or HB1234 was passed by the South Dakota House this week and now moves to the Senate. It would give b...
The South Dakota House has approved the teacher incentive planned introduced by Governor Dennis Daugaard. The plan now would ...
Voters in the Yankton school district will go to the polls two weeks from today to decide on a two year, one point four milli...
The Governors education bill (HB1234) was amended, and passed by the House Education Committee last week. It now calls for be...
Dr Joseph Benoit (ben-waugh) was officially inaugurated as the ninth president of Mount Marty College during an on campus cer...
Dr Joseph Benoit (ben-waugh) was officially inaugurated as the ninth president of Mount Marty College during an on campus cer...
Democrats in the Iowa Senate have voted to dramatically increase the level of general state aid for K-through-12 education in...
A group of republican legislators is proposing changes to the teacher bonus plan from Governor Dennis Daugaard. One change wo...
The president of the University of Nebraska system is asking the legislature to allocate 91-Million dollars to fund the Build...
The deadline for public comments on new student achievement guidelines in South Dakota is Friday. Those will be used as part ...
The Nebraska State College System Board of Trustees voted this month to approve a new program that allows a Wayne State Colle...
Nebraska lawmakers will hear a measure calling for creation of an advisory panel to improve ag literacy in classrooms. The St...
Democrats in the legislature have released their comprehensive plan for education. It’s in response to the teacher bonu...
The Iowa Department of Education is preparing for a series of public meetings on its request for a waiver of the federal &quo...
Most legislators are taking a cautious approach to the teacher bonus plan. Governor Dennis Daugaard has introduced a bill tha...
The plan from Governor Dennis Daugaard to reward top teachers with cash bonuses has been introduced into the legislature. The...
Democrats in the Iowa House say Republicans aren't setting aside enough money to help principals and superintendents refo...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has set the agenda for the 2012 legislature by proposing bonuses for math and science teachers, and ...
Much of the debate in this years South Dakota legislature will again focus on education. Governor Dennis Daugaard started the...
Education committee members in the Iowa House got to work on Governor Terry Branstad’s comprehensive ten-year education...
The Mayor of Sioux Falls has returned to his home town to help expand a program that provides food to low income kids. Mike H...
The Iowa Senate has voted unanimously to provide an emergency appropriation of one-point-three million dollars ($1.3 mill...
Here is theGPAC Scoreboard for January 18. Men's Basketball Briar Cliff University 67, Nebraska Wesleyan University 61 Midlan...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has been holding public meetings around the state, explaining his plan to award cash bonuses to cert...
The plan by Governor Dennis Daugaard to pay bonuses to select teachers is getting a strong reaction. His proposal would pay t...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has started a fierce debate with his proposal for achievement based teacher bonuses. His plan would ...
In a new education survey released last week by Education Week, South Dakota falls dead last among states and scores a dismal...
The new school board of the soon to be consolidated Viborg-Hurley district will hold their organizational meeting this week. ...
The 2011 Kids Count - Nebraska Report is out. The report looks at several factors that impact a child's well-being in the sta...
Iowa lawmakers are fast-tracking extra money to cover tuition costs for Iowa National Guard soldiers who've been awarded coll...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a new workforce initiative plan that he hopes would attract one thousand n...
Yankton High School Activities Director Wally Bosch has turned in his resignation, which was accepted by the school board at ...
Job training and placement came up at the Yankton School Board meeting last night. The district has been cooperating with the...
Following months of town hall meetings and an education summit last July, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governo...
The Iowa Department of Education released its "Annual Condition of Education" report, detailing a wide range of inf...
Nebraska's tougher enforcement of school truancy laws is paying off as three-thousand less students missed more than 20-days ...
The Yankton School Board has been working through various budget issues, including the possibility of another property tax op...
The University of South Dakota has named Dr. Mary Dekker Nettleman vice president for Health Affairs, and Dean of the Sanford...
The state drug dogs made a sweep through Yankton High School last month, and did not find anything suspicious at the time. Bu...
The newest member of the South Dakota legislature is Dave Scott of Geddes. He was appointed to represent District 21 in the H...
Wayne State College inaugurated its 12th president last week. Curt Frye is no stranger to the institution as he's previously ...
