Education

The Legislature’s interim Education Committee has begun its work.Its agenda includes standards and assessments."We have a job to do for the state, in…

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler calls it “Leveraging the Senior Year.”Baesler says the effort has two prongs: one, to make sure…

The House has passed its version of an early childhood education bill – which slices the proposed appropriation in half.The program is designed for…

The House has killed a bill to allow parents to opt out of certain standardized tests.As originally introduced in the House, it would have allowed an…

The Legislature has passed a bill to create a task force to study school district boundaries.House Education Committee chairman Mike Nathe (R-Bismarck)…

The state Senate has narrowly defeated a measure to give parents who send their children to a non-public school an income tax deduction for certain…

It’s been dubbed “the opt-out bill.”But some members of the Senate say that’s a mis-nomer.The bill allows parents to keep their children from taking…

The House has approved a resolution calling on Congress to eliminate the federal Department of Education.In doing so, the House returned to the initial…

The House has rejected a bill that would limit what school districts can keep in the bank. Bismarck Republican Representative Mike Nathe says the bill…

Many support groups promote healing by allowing members to share painful experiences. But a group called the Bully Stompers at Moorhead High School has…