Education

SIOUX FALLS - A program that teaches young girls self- respect and healthy lifestyles is expanding across the Sioux Empire. Girls on Track is a ten week after school program that teaches girls in grades 6th-8th grades to be self-confident and to make good life choices.

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SIOUX FALLS - The Sioux Falls School District is abandoning plans for a 600-student elementary school in the northwest corner of the district because of waning interest in the Spanish immersion program.

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PIERRE - If the Governor and the legislature want to do more than put a band-aid on this problem, they are going to have to address the larger problem.

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PIERRE - The South Dakota Labor Department is encouraging college seniors and recent graduates to look for internships that provide training and can lead to permanent jobs.

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VERMILLION - The University of South Dakota is showcasing student photography from around the world in a new exhibition.

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SIOUX FALLS - Kindergarten used to be an easy decision, if your child turned five you sent them to school. That’s not always the case now.

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The efforts to place ‘sentinels’ in schools has only happened so recently that no one currently serving on a school board was elected to that office based on their position on this issue.

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Government exists to serve the general public interest. It is not a vending machine designed to give everyone exactly the amount of candy they are willing to pay for.

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PIERRE- A South Dakota legislative committee has approved a bill that would allow an extra $35 million in bonds to be sold to finance expansions in programs at two of the state's four technical institutes.

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RAPID CITY - The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is partnering with a technology firm to offer a pilot biometric program on campus.

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