Matt Evans: A Quick Complaint About Smarter Balanced Testing
For the past three years I’ve taught computer science in a North Dakota public high school. It’s very difficult to...
Education
Kudos To Students For Wanting Controversial Topic In Curriculum, But Cover All Sides Of The Issue
In Grand Forks, students at Red River High School want to include in their curriculum a book about the supposed...
North Dakota Republicans Are Turning On Common Core
During the 2015 legislative session there was a pitched battle among lawmakers over Common Core. One faction wanted to pull...
Gallup: North Dakotans Have Most Positive Views Of Public Education In The Nation
Gallup surveyed residents of all fifty states about their perceptions of their state's public education system. The research organization asked...
North Dakota Teacher Shortage May Not Be As Bad As Reported
"North Dakota's shortage of teachers has gotten worse, with the highest number of unfilled posts in a decade, and a...
Let's Not Be In A Rush To Declare "Community Experts" Program A Failure
Back in August state Superintendent Kirsten Baesler proposed a new program to address the state's chronic teacher shortages. It allowed...
Anne Krapu: It's Wrong To Focus On Testing In Education
Once again, I’m going to throw George W. Bush a compliment. In 2000, he famously stated, “Rarely is the question...
North Dakota Student Assessment Results: Just 40 Percent Proficient In Math, 46 Percent In English
The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction has released the results from this spring's student assessments, and while they're doing their...
John Dorso: North Dakota Is Spending Too Much On Education
As I watched the debate in the North Dakota House today on HB 1218 I didn’t know if I wanted...
Not Every Education Problem Can Be Fixed By Giving Teachers A Raise
A couple of weeks back Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced a proposal to address chronic teacher shortages in the state, and...
