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Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 7:41 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
This week’s Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week is a senior standout with a love of music at Yankton High School.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 10:36 PM CDT
|By Ernest Cottier
Senator Klobucher says expanding broadband in the state is another way to make sure students can still learn even in the event of having to quarantine.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 9:27 AM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
The 12-hour storytelling event will include 70 different readers Friday.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 9:29 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
The convention will look different due to COVID-19 protocols, however.
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Updated: Apr. 1, 2021 at 3:57 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
The University of South Dakota broke ground Thursday on a new building for the School of Health Sciences.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 9:19 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Students in South Dakota’s public universities will pay an average of about $105 more for the upcoming academic year.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2021 at 9:34 AM CDT
|By Ernest Cottier
While a typical public school is usually very large and filled with hundreds to even thousands of students, Acton Academy plans to be a much smaller school with less than 100 students and an interesting twist.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2021 at 4:34 PM CST
|By Dakota News Now staff
Northern State University will not change its “Gypsy Days” homecoming theme.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2021 at 7:41 AM CST
|By Dakota News Now staff
Ann Robertson is the Native American Connections teacher at Whittier Middle School.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 4:29 PM CST
|By Dakota News Now staff
The Sioux Falls School District has developed a proposal to try and ease parents’ concerns for their kid’s safety walking to the new Ben Reifel Middle School this upcoming fall.
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Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 8:34 AM CST
|By Vanessa Gomez
Staff at the museum in Brookings came up with the idea for a "museum in a box" to continue connecting with kids and inspiring play even when the indoor exhibits are shut down.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 11:02 PM CST
|By Ernest Cottier
During the pandemic, many have struggled with mental health around the country, and right here in South Dakota
Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 10:42 PM CST
|By Ernest Cottier
Minnesota senator Tina Smith planning to bring more financial relief to childcare centers in Minnesota and throughout the country.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 at 11:51 AM CST
|By Austin Goss
A candidate has announced his intentions to run for a statewide office in 2022, unofficially kicking off the 2022 campaign season.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2021 at 6:56 PM CST
|By Associated Press
Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that requires school districts to provide full-time in-class learning to parents who request it.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2021 at 8:49 AM CST
|By Dakota News Now staff
Augustana University received a monetary gift from Midco that will be used to create a media production center on campus.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 8:26 AM CST
|By Dakota News Now staff
Governor Kristi Noem is proposing changes to courses on history and civics for K - 12 students.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 6:15 PM CST
|By Jenna Lemair
With the Fall Semester under their belt, South Dakota Universities are making adjustments to their coronavirus protocols for this Spring Semester.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 10:17 PM CST
|By Miranda Paige
Winter break is over for many school districts as they prepare to finish out the second half of the school year. Now that these schools have dealt with COVID for an entire semester, there are some lessons they’ve learned.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2020 at 6:46 PM CST
|By Austin Goss
Secretary Sanderson joins the South Dakota Department of Education after a number of years working in and around education.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2020 at 7:45 PM CST
|By Austin Goss
South Dakota schools are continuing to approach the coronavirus in a variety of ways.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2020 at 7:15 PM CST
Kennedy Bietz is ready to fly and she’s encouraging other students at Scotland High School.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2020 at 8:09 AM CST
|By Vanessa Gomez
The senior director of Human Resources in the Sioux Falls School District said substitute teachers are needed right now.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2020 at 6:56 PM CST
|By Austin Goss
Secretary Ben Jones is making the jump from Department of Education to the State Historical Society.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM CST
|By Miranda Paige
Nowadays it can be expensive to get a college degree. That’s just one of many things an education task force is taking into account as they look to be more productive and efficient with state dollars.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 8:53 AM CST
|By Dakota News Now staff
Mayor Paul TenHaken visited a Sioux Falls school to help students exercise.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 4:12 PM CST
The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation awarded more than $16,000 in grants to local teachers through its 2020 Excellence in Education Initiative.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 12:33 AM CST
|By Austin Goss
Greater Pierre elementary school students are just the latest to receive Strider bikes from the "All Kids Bike" foundation and its sponsors.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2020 at 10:42 AM CST
|By Miranda Paige
Many schools form their own traditions. At Rosa Parks Elementary in Sioux Falls, they have a pretty neat way of celebrating diversity.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 7:37 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Ipswich High School senior Matthew Hettich is always willing to help out.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 7:37 AM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Harrisburg School District leaders sent out a text Wednesday morning to parents that said absences will be excused if they decide to keep their kids home.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 6:52 AM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Amanda Hargreaves was named Teacher of the Year in South Dakota in a virtual event Thursday.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 7:24 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The annual report card is missing some key data points that the district says is due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 10:02 PM CDT
|By Miranda Paige
Construction of Sioux Falls' newest high school is well underway. Jefferson High School is being built in northwest Sioux Falls, near Southeast Technical Institute.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 9:36 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week: Bergh sets an example in Florence
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By Jenna Lemair
Sioux Falls School District accepted into free meal program
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Students in the Sioux Falls School District are receiving free meals for the rest of the semester
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
The Sioux Falls School Board has passed an amendment to its Return to Learn plan and its policy regarding close contacts.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 11:27 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
One family is making the most of the learning opportunities that have been afforded to them because of the pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 1:06 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
One doctor's amazing life story has taken him to the Missouri River, to raise money and awareness for a cause much bigger than himself.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 7:42 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The legislation is intended to help improve the recruitment and retention of professional educators in tribal and rural communities, pending it passes through the United States Senate.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 7:40 AM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
All high school football, volleyball and soccer games are postponed this week in Pierre because of an increase in COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 6:59 PM CDT
|By Miranda Paige
As kids head back to class some schools are starting to see positive cases in their school district. One that’s been getting a lot of attention has been the Beresford School District.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 9:05 AM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
South Dakota’s six public universities are launching websites that track COVID-19 cases on each of their campuses.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Going back to school is different this year with COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 2:38 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
South Dakota health officials say 19 school districts in the state have at least one confirmed COVID-19 case.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
The first day of in-person classes for the Sioux Falls School District is August 27th.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 7:24 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Many area school districts are starting the new year this week and we’re talking with some area superintendents about their back to school plans look like.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 9:52 PM CDT
|By Miranda Paige
The Tri-Valley School District has opted for a four-day school week.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
The Watertown school district confirms their back to school plan, following a failed amendment to make masks necessary at Monday's school board meeting.