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School counselors in SD playing larger role amid student mental health crisis
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. – Sara Holmberg’s job as a counselor at Dell Rapids Middle School has never been more challenging.
As fallout from the pandemic creates what the U.S. Surgeon General calls a “youth mental health crisis,” school counselors like Holmberg find themselves providing not just academic and
Despite legislative defeat, backers of Native education reform in SD will press forward
The latest setback in a bid to create state-funded Lakota immersion schools in South Dakota will not deter Native American educators from pursuing that vision in the future, according to one of the proposal’s key supporters.
State Sen. Troy Heinert, D-Mission, expressed disappointment after the March 2 failure of
As Native students struggle in SD schools, a Lakota-immersion model emerges
For the third time in five years, Native American legislators and supporters of improving Native education in South Dakota have proposed legislation that would allow for creation of state-funded charter schools aimed at immersing students in Lakota Indian language, culture and history.
And once again, the measure has failed in
News Watch to host panel discussion March 3 on proposed Native-focused charter schools in S.D.
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South Dakota News Watch is convening a panel of experts for an
South Dakota tribal college part of NASA plan to build housing for use on the moon and Mars
Sinte Gleska University, a tribal college in Mission, S.D., may soon enter into a partnership with NASA that would result in new science education programs, more affordable housing for state reservations and the development of 3D housing that could someday be used on the moon or Mars.
The National
Improving education top goal of Native American agenda in 2022 South Dakota legislative session
One way to understand which issues are most important to the South Dakota Native American community — the state’s largest minority group — is to examine the bills that are filed each legislative session by the handful of Native lawmakers serving in statewide office.
This year, about three dozen bills were
Shortage of classroom substitutes makes teaching and learning more difficult in SD
A shortage of substitutes to fill in for full-time teachers is forcing school districts in South Dakota and across the country to take sometimes drastic measures to keep classrooms staffed, and concerns are rising that the quality of student education may diminish as a result.
Many full-time teachers are losing