Two North Dakota lawmakers are proposing a bill in the upcoming 2019 Legislative Session that has the potential to change the way schools across the state handle their snow days. In fact, if passed, the legislation would provide school districts [read more…]
Last month North Dakotans were invited by our Department of Public Instruction Superintendent, Kirsten Baesler, to attend one of six “listening forums” held across the state on school safety. The meetings were “organized by the Department of Public Instruction, the [read more…]
The New Rockford-Sheyenne school board voted 4-2 yesterday against a recommendation to fire their superintendent, Jill Louters. Louters had been the subject of an investigation by School Board President John McKnight for staying in a hotel room on March 23rd [read more…]
The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (DPI) recently ran a story regarding the rollout of their new education dashboard. The title boasts of it as a “New Tool Launched to Provide More Transparency in School Performance”. State Superintendent Kirsten [read more…]
Just less than a year ago, we published an article documenting the fact that North Dakota’s Department of Public Instruction shows that alternatives to public education are on the rise. Earlier this month, we expressed our view that we need [read more…]
Last June, the State of Kentucky added itself to a growing number of states that allow Bible study courses in their public schools. At the time of its signing, by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, the ACLU warned that while the [read more…]
Last week we published an article explaining some reasons we support the elimination of the property tax. As part of that article, I mentioned that the state already uses a formula to fund K-12 education that nobody really seems to [read more…]
You probably didn’t know it (I didn’t), but January 21st – 27th was School Choice Week in North Dakota. Governor Doug Burgum declared it such via proclamation. It paralleled National School Choice Week as set via proclamation by President Donald [read more…]
Vaccines are increasingly controversial. Like most topics, you’ll find people coming from various angles on the issue. Some are staunchly pro-vaccine. Others are staunchly against them. And then there’s those that fall somewhere in between. It’s unfortunate that discussion of [read more…]
Folks around the State of North Dakota are receiving their property tax bills. And reports are that expected hikes have once again become a reality for many "property owners". We wrote back in April that the finger pointing had once [read more…]
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