Jackie Hendry
Total 14 Posts
Painting a better picture: More funding, partnerships could boost juvenile diversion services
Diversion programs can help low-offending juveniles avoid getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Lawmakers recently upped the reimbursement rate to counties for these programs, but not every community has the same resources.
South Dakota's teacher shortage a matter of pay and pipeline
While the Legislature works to address teacher pay, groups like Educators Rising tap current students to consider a future career in education
Are government subsidies the solution to the child care crisis? Lawmakers weigh options.
Legislative leaders agree that the ongoing child care crisis in South Dakota represents a significant workforce problem. Advocates are worried they lack a sense of urgency.
Brain development science bolsters calls for quality preschool in South Dakota
New technologies give researchers detail on when parts of the brain develop: "The first year of life and then the first five years are really what we would refer to as very critical time periods for brain development."
'Kids look to adults:' Responding to child trauma 50 years after Gitchie Manitou murders
When four teenagers were murdered at Gitchie Manitou in 1973, Sioux Falls high school students weren't given much support to deal with the trauma.
My career or my kids? Lack of options forces families to make tough decisions
Parents who would otherwise participate in the workforce may find themselves leaving for years at a time because they either can’t find or afford care for their children.
South Dakota moms bond over a shared experience: C-sections
One in four births in South Dakota is performed via cesarean section, and those births can range from the routine to the traumatic. In the first in a collaboration with SDPB's South Dakota Focus show, we look into how monthly meetings have a healing effect on moms who went through the procedure.