Education

“Today, the state’s public universities must rely on annual decisions by the Legislature to determine both the state’s direct funding for them and to set their tuition levels. No business could make long-term investment commitments with the uncertainty involved in the present,...

BISMARCK — Leaders of groups representing North Dakota teachers, administrators and school boards implored state lawmakers Tuesday to reject a bill that would allow concealed weapons in schools, while voicing support for legislation to provide state funding for school resource officers. “Frankly,...

BISMARCK – Leaders of groups representing North Dakota teachers, administrators and school boards implored state lawmakers Tuesday to reject a bill that would allow concealed weapons in schools, while voicing support for legislation to provide state funding for school resource officers....

BISMARCK – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said Monday he’s interested in finding ways to boost compliance with North Dakota’s open government laws, but a proposed $500 penalty against repeated violators isn’t the way to go. Stenehjem testified before the House Judiciary...

BISMARCK – State lawmakers heard testimony Monday in favor of two bills that would freeze college tuition rates in North Dakota, with one targeting all 11 public institutions and the other only two-year campuses, where tuition is higher than the regional average. Rep. Mark...

BISMARCK — Applications are currently being accepted for the North Dakota University System’s next chancellor. The new chancellor will replace Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen, who has served in the position since June 2013 when the State Board of Higher Education controversially...

BISMARCK — A bill proposing a less-open hiring process and performance evaluations for the higher education chancellor and university presidents was debated Wednesday. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2134, which relates to the chancellor and presidential...

I read with interest Andy Peterson’s guest column “Common Core critic flunks core test.” Mr. Peterson is a big proponent of the Common Core standards. Why wouldn’t he be? He is the president and CEO of the Greater North Dakota Chamber. The business community considers itself...

BELFIELD — Belfield Schools Superintendent Wade Northrop will begin searching for a new high school principal "shortly," he said last week following the dismissal of former principal Jeffrey Lamprecht. School board members voted to dismiss Lamprecht after two days...

Common Core, an effort to upgrade standards in key fields of study, has rallied a cadre of opponents who see the tentacles of the federal government reaching into school districts and destroying local control. The boogey word is “takeover.” It’s as old as the U.S. Constitution. Even...

BISMARCK – A bill that would have forced the University of North Dakota to wait another two and a half years before adopting a new nickname to replace the "Fighting Sioux" failed in the House of Representatives on Friday. Members voted 21-62 against the bill. Eleven members...