Education

This week’s Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week is a senior standout with a love of music at Yankton High School.

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.

The 12-hour storytelling event will include 70 different readers Friday.

The convention will look different due to COVID-19 protocols, however.

The University of South Dakota broke ground Thursday on a new building for the School of Health Sciences.

Students in South Dakota’s public universities will pay an average of about $105 more for the upcoming academic year.

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.

Northern State University will not change its “Gypsy Days” homecoming theme.

Ann Robertson is the Native American Connections teacher at Whittier Middle School.

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.

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.

During the pandemic, many have struggled with mental health around the country, and right here in South Dakota

Minnesota senator Tina Smith planning to bring more financial relief to childcare centers in Minnesota and throughout the country.

A candidate has announced his intentions to run for a statewide office in 2022, unofficially kicking off the 2022 campaign season.

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.

Augustana University received a monetary gift from Midco that will be used to create a media production center on campus.

Governor Kristi Noem is proposing changes to courses on history and civics for K - 12 students.

With the Fall Semester under their belt, South Dakota Universities are making adjustments to their coronavirus protocols for this Spring Semester.

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.

Secretary Sanderson joins the South Dakota Department of Education after a number of years working in and around education.

South Dakota schools are continuing to approach the coronavirus in a variety of ways.

Kennedy Bietz is ready to fly and she’s encouraging other students at Scotland High School.

The senior director of Human Resources in the Sioux Falls School District said substitute teachers are needed right now.

Secretary Ben Jones is making the jump from Department of Education to the State Historical Society.

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.

Mayor Paul TenHaken visited a Sioux Falls school to help students exercise.

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation awarded more than $16,000 in grants to local teachers through its 2020 Excellence in Education Initiative.

Greater Pierre elementary school students are just the latest to receive Strider bikes from the "All Kids Bike" foundation and its sponsors.

Many schools form their own traditions. At Rosa Parks Elementary in Sioux Falls, they have a pretty neat way of celebrating diversity.

Ipswich High School senior Matthew Hettich is always willing to help out.