Education Most English learner students are gaining proficiency - but 3 in 10 saw no growth this spring Sioux Falls has more than 2,600 students in its K-12 EL program.
Education How maternity leave for teachers is changing For the first time, teachers in the Sioux Falls School District will have some paid maternity leave starting this year. Here's what you need to know.
Education What Supt. Jane Stavem is working on this summer Superintendent Jane Stavem sat down with Sioux Falls Simplified to talk about her goals and what she's working on while students enjoy summer break.
Education Why outdoor classrooms are popping up everywhere Outdoor classrooms are becoming one of the latest trends in Sioux Falls-area schools, and more are on the way. Here's what you need to know.
Education How Sioux Falls schools are spending COVID relief money (and what happens when it runs out) The Sioux Falls School District received tens of millions in federal coronavirus relief funds. Here's how they're spending that money, and an explanation of why some expenses are here to stay.
Education Sioux Falls reviewed its counseling curriculum for the first time in 20 years. Here's what's changing. It's the first full-scale review of the counseling curriculum since 2001, said Patti Lake-Torbert, senior coordinator of student support services.
Education How Sioux Falls schools are getting into content creation Each building in the Sioux Falls School District will have someone dedicated to finding stories, photos, videos or some combination of the three to share via social media and the district's new app
Education Southeast Tech to build 'state-of-the-art' facility to train more medical professionals Southeast Technical College will move in and renovate the current Zeal building to create a state-of-the-art Healthcare Simulation Center where students can learn everything from blood draws to surgery to emergency room training via simulation.
Education As Tea schools fill, voters will weigh how to make more space. Voters will vote yes or no on whether to let the Tea Area School District spend up to $39 million over the course of the bond.
Education Meet the teacher helping Native American kids succeed Anna Brokenleg has been a teacher in the Sioux Falls School District for 15 years. But now, she's in a special role focused on helping Native American kids succeed.
Education This new ‘umbrella’ framework will help teachers make decisions about your kids Sioux Falls schools have a new way of looking at everything from how students score on math tests to setting teacher schedules. It's called the multi-tiered system of supports, or MTSS.
Education This new digital program is helping teachers better serve kids with disabilities Sioux Falls schools are moving their paper record-keeping system for students with disabilities to a new (to the district) online program called Sped Advantage.
Education Meet the person looking to improve Sioux Falls' after-school programs The Sioux Falls School District hired a former nonprofit CEO to oversee after-school programs and community partnerships in a new administrative position. Meet Rebecca Wimmer.
Education Sioux Falls schools don't have enough licensed long-term substitute teachers The Sioux Falls school board is asking the state to waive its rule requiring long-term substitute teachers to have a South Dakota teaching license because it can't find enough people with licenses to fill those substitute jobs.
Education What to watch in education in 2022 Sioux Falls area schools will largely spend 2022 addressing pandemic learning loss, spending federal relief funds and managing growing numbers of students.
Education How maternity leave works in Sioux Falls schools – and why this teacher's fighting for change A Sioux Falls teacher is advocating for change to how the public school district manages maternity leave.
Education How WHS is helping kids with mental health, career planning – 24 minutes at a time Washington High School's counseling team has a new way to help students in the areas they need most in short, accessible, 24-minute seminars called "Warrior 24."
Education This program is helping people with disabilities prepare for life after high school The Sioux Falls School District in the last couple of years has added more options for students with disabilities to bridge the gap between high school and adulthood.
Education Schools missed a year of state-level data, but here's what we do know. Students didn't take state-level assessments during the start of the pandemic in 2020, but Sioux Falls has still been tracking student progress in other ways.
Community How Jim Abbott hopes to move USD Discovery District forward A brief history of the USD Discovery District, and a look at what's next.
Education Why Augustana's new team is about more than hockey Augustana President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said the hockey program will "elevate the profile of the entire university" both locally and nationally.
Education Hundreds more kids would have after-school care if not for staffing issues Kids, Inc. – an after-school program administered in Sioux Falls School District elementary schools – is short-staffed, and the wait list is the highest it's been in recent years, officials say.
Education Schools lost kids last year. Has enrollment rebounded? Sioux Falls' enrollment dipped during the height of the pandemic. Here's a breakdown of what it's like a year later.
Education Fewer Sioux Falls kids choose college amid pandemic The percentage of Sioux Falls high schoolers going straight to college after graduation went down in 2020. At the same time, the fastest-growing job sectors are the ones that need degrees.
Education Sioux Falls hired more diverse, more out-of-state teachers Sioux Falls hired 219 new teachers, the most in recent years, and about one-third of them came from out-of-state.
