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    August 8, 2016
    About 70 participants in the Tioga Drone Camp prepare to fly their drones on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Tioga, N.D. Amy Dalrymple/Forum News Serviceplay button
    N.D. drone camp inspires future pilots
    TIOGA, N.D. — A free camp for kids in Tioga may have launched the careers of future drone pilots. About 75 students attended a two-day...
    News/educationAugust 8, 2016 - 10:28am
    August 1, 2016
    Statoil announces $50,000 charitable fund for STEM education
    WILLISTON, N.D. – Statoil announced a $50,000 donation to the Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation, the first oil and gas company to...
    News/educationAugust 1, 2016 - 10:14pm
    July 30, 2016
    Many students will be using iPads to take standardized tests this year. Mary Stark Elementary School second-grade student Chase Gumeringer uses an iPad with his classmates in teacher Tammy Bopp’s room earlier this year in Mandan. (MIKE MCCLEARY, BISMARCK TRIBUNE)
    Not less, but 'better' testing in North Dakota schools
    BISMARCK—In Bismarck, kindergartners are tested seven times a year. In Mandan, N.D., they take five. Some of the assessments are short...
    News/educationJuly 30, 2016 - 8:30pm
    July 20, 2016
    "Mark Hagerott, new chancellor of the North Dakota University System, seen April 30, 2015. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune"
    Bresciani's fate is up to higher education board, chancellor says
    FARGO—Chancellor Mark Hagerott said he's "hoping it all works out" and Dean Bresciani remains president of North Dakota State University,...
    News/educationJuly 20, 2016 - 6:42pm
    July 19, 2016
    Belinda Sonnamaker, right, of Crestwood Energy Partners hands out snow cones, bubbles and sunglasses to Bradley Fischer, left and Night Poitra on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at the North Dakota Petroleum Council's CookFest in Mandaree, N.D. The company, which also donated to Mandaree's Head Start program, likes to involve children in its community outreach efforts. Amy Dalrymple/Forum News Service
    Pipeline company puts $1 million for Head Start building on reservation
    MANDAREE — A fundraising campaign launched by an oilfield company will enable a Head Start program on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation...
    Energy/BakkenJuly 19, 2016 - 10:03pm
    July 18, 2016
    Competitors show beef cattle at the North Dakota State Fair. (Photo provided by State Fair)
    N.D. agencies propose cuts to staff, other areas to meet 90 percent budget mandate
    BISMARCK — Prized pigs and ribbon-worthy crafts could earn youngsters a bit less at the North Dakota State Fair next year. State agencies...
    News/North DakotaJuly 18, 2016 - 8:52pm
    July 14, 2016
    Dickinson State University Tom Mitzel addresses faculty and staff at an open forum held Thursday on the university campus. In his opening remarks, Mitzel spoke about a possible 25 percent cut to DSU’s state appropriations. (Press Photo by Andrew Haffner)
    Budget cut continues: DSU could see 25 percent reduction to state appropriations
    Dickinson State University could face up to a 25 percent reduction from its current level of state funding in the upcoming two-year budgetary...
    News/localJuly 14, 2016 - 8:28pm
    July 12, 2016
    Rebecca Pitkin, Dickinson elementary school principal and former DSU faculty member begins her new job Wednesday as executive director of North Dakota’s Education Standards and Practices Board at a time when the state is dealing with a teacher shortage and rewriting its education standards.
    Dickinson principal to lead N.D. teacher licensing board
    BISMARCK – A Dickinson elementary school principal will take over Wednesday as executive director of North Dakota’s teacher licensing board...
    News/educationJuly 12, 2016 - 5:09pm
    July 5, 2016
    Bismarck State College losing teachers, staff to early retirement
    BISMARCK -- At Bismarck State College, 15 employees are retiring by the end of this year, most of them driven to early retirement by statewide budget cuts. Earlier this year, BSC was required to cut its 2017-19 budget by $1.6 million due to the state's falling revenue as oil and agricultural...
    News/educationJuly 5, 2016 - 10:46pm
    July 4, 2016
    Maggie Burke, a sales representative for Microsoft, has her portrait taken in the commons building of Microsoft's Fargo campus on Tuesday, June 28, 2016.Matt Hellman / The Forum
    ND student loan refinance program proving popular, used as recruitment tool
    FARGO—Maggie Burke found herself as a newly minted college graduate facing student loan debt of $30,000 and paying interest rates ranging...
    News/educationJuly 4, 2016 - 8:37pm
    July 3, 2016
    UND President Ed Schafer models a tee shirt with the new UND Fighting Hawks logo during Wednesday's unveiling at the High Performance Center. photo by Eric Hylden/Forum News Service
    Hagerott, Neset praise Schafer's time at UND
    GRAND FORKS—After leading the North Dakota University System for a year, Chancellor Mark Hagerott gave glowing reviews to nearly every...
    News/educationJuly 3, 2016 - 6:00am
    June 29, 2016
    Press Pass; Referendum for new Richardton-Taylor school passes, Family stays active at Stark and Billings County 4-H horse show, Newly elected City Commission members sworn into office, MDU sells Dickinson refinery to Tesoro
    Here’s some of our top stories from Saturday’s edition. It’s your Press Pass to some of the best stories we bring you every day. Want...
    News/localJune 29, 2016 - 6:00am
    June 28, 2016
    This rendering shows what the remodeled $12 million Richardton-Taylor school will look like. More than 60 percent of residents voted in favor of the project during a bond referendum on Tuesday. (EAPC Architects Engineers)
    Referendum for new Richardton-Taylor school passes
    RICHARDTON—The Richardton-Taylor school district is getting a new high school. Residents of Richardton and Taylor voted on Tuesday night...
    News/educationJune 28, 2016 - 11:37pm
    Dickinson, Beach students attend Boys State
    The 74th session of North Dakota Boys State was held on the campus of the North Dakota State College of Science. Dickinson delegates included Tyler Kostelecky, Steffan Cole, RJ Dobbins, Christopher Dean, Bryce Milbrandt, Kaymen Kitchen and Braxton Selle. Dean was elected as state...
    News/educationJune 28, 2016 - 10:11pm
    June 27, 2016
    NDSU President Dean Bresciani holds a replica nickel near the Bison locker room after the game Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, on Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.David Samson / The Forum
    Chancellor concerned about Bresciani's cut to NDSU research initiative
    FARGO — In what was mostly a positive performance review of North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani, his boss called him...
    News/educationJune 27, 2016 - 8:16pm
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