Back in November, I wrote about a bill being sponsored by Rep. Jim Grueneich (R – District 12) that proposes allowing school districts to submit an application to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for approval to utilize a “virtual education [read more…]
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…]
There has been accusations made that Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary is violating the state’s Corrupt Practices law by using property belonging to the City of Bismarck for campaign purposes. In addition to this, he’s also used city employees and school [read more…]
A recent letter to the editor from Sen. Rich Wardner and Rep. Al Carlson was dismaying to say the least. It contained a number of troubling inaccuracies. These Senate and House leaders stated, “Property taxes are necessary to fund local schools.” [read more…]
Last week the Grand Fork’s Herald published an article called “Educational Expense”. I was fascinated by it, because it covered a topic I had been looking into the week before– the cost of per pupil funding for education in North [read more…]
One of the problems often found in public education is the relationship between schools and the parents of the students they are supposed to be educating. The stress found in these relationships are – at times – more a result [read more…]
Earlier this month, we published an article here on The Minuteman listing 105 reasons to homeschool your children. For the most part, the list came from suggestions sent in from readers of The Minuteman. It’s a great list. I highly [read more…]
I had an interesting conversation with a legislator this week. I’ve known him for some time and received a message from him to call when I had a moment. As we chatted, he expressed his regret over some votes he [read more…]
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