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ND, SD officials review test standards Oct 29 2009 4:55PM
Education officials in the Dakotas say they
continually review state testing standards and they say their
students typically score above average on a national standardized
exam.
The federal Education Department released a report Thursday that
c
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| ND, SD officials review test standards Oct 29 2009 4:55PM
Education officials in the Dakotas say they
continually review state testing standards and they say their
students typically score above average on a national standardized
exam.
The federal Education Department released a report Thursday that
c
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| ND team evaluating services for deaf people Oct 29 2009 5:43AM
A team of parents, legislators, community
members and alumni of the state School for the Deaf are working on
a long-term plan to serve North Dakotans who suffer from hearing
loss.
The 13-member transition team is holding a series of meetings,
s
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Flu Shuts Down School Oct 7 2009 7:16PM
The first school in the state has closed due to the flu.
There were too many sick kids to continue class on the Standing Rock Reservation.
So all the schools in Fort Yates have closed for the rest of the week.
It's all because school ab
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Flu Shuts Down School Oct 7 2009 7:16PM
The first school in the state has closed due to the flu....
Too many sick kids to continue class on the Standing Rock Reservation...
All the schools in Fort Yates have closed for the rest of the week.
It's all because school absences we
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 4:13PM
A North Dakota disease specialist says
closing schools is not the best way to help prevent the spread of
swine flu.
Kirby Kruger told the Legislature's interim Education Committee
that students should get flu shots when they're available, and
y
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| ND school closings not 1st option for flu fight Oct 6 2009 3:03PM
A North Dakota disease specialist says
closing schools is not the best way to help prevent the spread of
swine flu.
Kirby Kruger told the Legislature's interim Education Committee
that students who come down with the flu should stay home.
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New Teachers Sep 1 2009 7:04PM
Bismarck Public Schools and Mandan Public Schools hire more than 80 new teacher this year.
Reporter Kate Schell talks with both districts, on how the teacher make-up is changing...
Bismarck and Mandan Public schools welcome more than 80 n
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Aug 31 2009 2:14AM
North Dakota's state school superintendent
says public school enrollment has been reporting a decline of about
2,000 elementary and high school students each year, but this year
he sees encouraging signs. Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says this
year'
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School Enrollment Sees Less of a Decline Aug 30 2009 11:13PM
North Dakota's public school enrollment totals aren't in just yet, but the state school superintendent says he sees encouraging signs.
Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says North Dakota has reported a decline of about 2,000 elementary and high school
studen
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| State superintendent sees hope in student numbers Aug 30 2009 6:05PM
North Dakota's public school enrollment
totals are not yet in, but the state school superintendent sees
encouraging signs.
Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says North Dakota has been
reporting a decline of about 2,000 elementary and high school
st
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| Schools gear up for flu Aug 12 2009 6:04AM
Gearing up for school this year means
gearing up for the flu as well.
State School Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says health officials
around the country are issuing guidelines, with more emphasis on
hand-washing and keeping sick staff members o
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ND Schools May 30 2009 7:31PM
The state Department of Public Instruction says 115 of the 465 schools in North Dakota have failed to make adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind law during the 2008-09 school year.
The department reports the number is down from
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 30 2009 2:07AM
Journalist Roxana Saberi, who was freed
earlier this month from an Iranian prison, is coming home.
Governor John Hoeven's office says an official welcome is
scheduled at the Fargo airport at two o'clock this afternoon.
Officials at Saberi's
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| State says 115 schools did not meet goals May 29 2009 7:57PM
The state Department of Public Instruction
says 115 of the 465 schools in North Dakota have failed to make
adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind law
during the 2008-09 school year.
The department reports the number is d
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| Hoeven Signs Historic $1.3 Billion K-12 Education Funding Bill May 19 2009 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today was joined by Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, legislators, members of the Governor's Commission on Education Improvement, educators and students to sign House Bill 1400, a historic K-12 education funding bill that inv
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| ND school super should be teacher, amendment says Feb 16 2009 2:01PM
North Dakota House Democrats have
introduced a constitutional amendment that would require the
state's superintendent of public instruction to be a certified
teacher.
The requirement used to be in state law. But the Legislature
repealed it two
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Schools State Their Case To Legislature Feb 10 2009 11:28PM
It's an issue that keeps coming up and continues to get defeated but yet again this year a bill that could force small schools to close reappears.
And those who year after year fight for their small school wonder what's behind the battle?
Donnell P
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Small Schools - Legislative Debate Feb 10 2009 11:09PM
It's an issue that keeps coming up and continues to get defeated but yet again this year a bill that could force small schools to close reappears.
And those who year after year fight for their small school wonder what's behind the battle?
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Small Schools Defend Role at Legislature Feb 10 2009 10:58PM
A bill to require all school districts to offer Kindergarten through 12th grade was heard at the legislature today.
The bill would force nearly three dozen small schools - called graded elementary schools - to dissolve and join with a nearby district tha
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| Superintendents talk with fed education sec Jan 30 2009 6:53AM
North Dakota's school superintendent says
he and his counterparts from around the country spoke with the new
federal education secretary in a conference call, and Secretary
Arne Duncan gave them his e-mail address and phone number.
Superintenden
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| Fargo teacher wins national award Dec 13 2008 9:35AM
Madison Elementary School math teacher
Antoinette Stith in Fargo has received a national award, and the
$25,000 prize that goes with it.
State School Superintendent Wayne Sanstead presented Stith with
the Milken National Educator Award during a
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| Sanstead wins 7th term as school super Nov 4 2008 11:37PM
Wayne Sanstead has won a seventh term as
North Dakota's superintendent of public instruction.
Sanstead defeated science teacher Max Laird in Tuesday's
election.
The 73-year-old Sanstead is a former Minot teacher, state
legislator and lieut
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Wayne Sanstead, elected Supt. of Public Instr.,
North Dakota.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
APNP 11-04-08 2300CST
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| Home school groups seek law changes Oct 28 2008 10:20AM
North Dakota parents who home school their
children want the Legislature to get rid of state laws that require
monitoring by a licensed teacher.
They told the Legislature's interim Education Committee this
week that the laws are not needed.
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| ND school super candidates debate education policy Oct 2 2008 9:50PM
North Dakota's candidates for
superintendent of public instruction say they support state
financing of preschool instruction and more support for vocational
education.
Incumbent Superintendent Wayne Sanstead and challenger Max Laird
both say th
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Reading in ND Aug 31 2008 11:07PM
North Dakota is getting more than 5.6 million dollars over three years for an early literacy program.
The money is from the U.S. Department of Education. State School Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says it's the largest such grant in the nation this year
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| North Dakota gets large early literacy grant Aug 31 2008 12:16PM
North Dakota is getting more than 5.6
million dollars over three years for an early literacy program.
The money is from the U.S. Department of Education. State School
Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says it's the largest such grant in
the nation t
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| Nothing like a fair for politicians Jul 25 2008 5:16PM
For politicians and sponsors of ballot
proposals, there's nothing like a fair.
Political booths were scattered around three commercial
buildings this week at the North Dakota State Fair.
Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Max La
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| Legislators considering change in school corporal punishment law... Jul 19 2008 11:54AM
Four Fargo-area state legislators are looking
into a bill that would require school districts to follow the state
statute on corporal punishment.
State School Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says it would be a
monumental change in policy. He says
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| ND schools not making progress jumps Jun 24 2008 1:25PM
A total of 169 North Dakota schools did
not make adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left
Behind law during the recently ended school year.
That's a dramatic increase from 41 schools that did not make
adequate yearly progress in
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| Hoeven, State And Local Officials Break Ground For New Northwood School Jun 12 2008 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. ? Gov. John Hoeven today was joined by, educators, legislators, and local and state officials to break ground for the new Northwood school, which replaces a facility severely damaged by an F-4 tornado that struck the town last August. T
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| ND superintendent challenger says Sanstead too 'reactive'... Jun 12 2008 4:34PM
A Grand Forks teacher who's running for
North Dakota school superintendent says incumbent Wayne Sanstead
doesn't do enough to push education issues.
Max Laird is opposing Sanstead's run for his seventh term in
office. He says Sanstead hasn't dem
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| 061008 20:14,, Jun 10 2008 8:25PM
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By The Associated Press
Here is a list of uncontested races in North Dakota.
U.S. House - District 1
Earl Pomeroy (i), Dem
U.S. House - District 1
Duane Sand, GOP
Governor
Tim Mathern, Dem
Governor
John Hoeven (i
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By The Associated Press
Here is a TEST list of uncontested races in North Dakota.
U.S. House - District 1
Earl Pomeroy (i), Dem
U.S. House - District 1
Duane Sand, GOP
Governor
Tim Mathern, Dem
Governor
John Hoev
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| 060408 13:06,, Jun 4 2008 1:11PM
-04-08 13:06,,
By The Associated Press
Here is a TEST list of uncontested races in North Dakota.
U.S. House - District 1
Earl Pomeroy (i), Dem
U.S. House - District 1
Duane Sand, GOP
Governor
Tim Mathern, Dem
Governor
John Hoev
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| 052808 13:02,, May 28 2008 1:19PM
-28-08 13:02,,
By The Associated Press
Here is a TEST list of uncontested races in North Dakota.
U.S. House - District 1
Earl Pomeroy (i), Dem
U.S. House - District 1
Duane Sand, GOP
Governor
Tim Mathern, Dem
Governor
John Hoev
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| Background checks optional for schools May 12 2008 6:26PM
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says
North Dakota schools are allowed but not required to perform
criminal background checks on employees.
State school Superintendent Wayne Sanstead asked Stenehjem to
explain a new law that requires FBI backg
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| As ND filing deadline passes, Republicans don't have DPI candidate... Apr 11 2008 5:44PM
The deadline for candidates to file for
North Dakota's June primary election has arrived.
And North Dakota Republicans couldn't find anyone to run for
superintendent of public instruction.
Incumbent superintendent Wayne Sanstead and Grand F
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Max Laird to Run for ND Superintendent of Public Instruction Apr 9 2008 1:05PM
Grand Forks teacher Max Laird is making another bid for the job of state superintendent of public instruction.
It's Laird's second try for the job in four years.
The 57-year-old Laird says the current superintendent, Wayne Sanstead, has not shown le
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Grand Forks teacher planning bid for ND school superintendent... Apr 8 2008 7:15PM
A Grand Forks teacher says he will run for
North Dakota superintendent of public instruction for the second
time in four years.
Max Laird says he can bring new energy and skill and a fresh
face to the office.
Laird and incumbent superinten
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| Wayne Sanstead endorsed for seventh term at DPI Apr 5 2008 11:26AM
[[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]]'s state school
superintendent has Democratic support today for another four years
in the job.
Wayne Sanstead has been the top administrator in North Dakota's
[[kxtopic:department-of-public-instruction:t
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| ND Democrats backing Sanstead for school superintendent... Apr 5 2008 10:44AM
[[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]]'s state school
superintendent has Democratic backing for another four years in the
job.
[[kxtopic:wayne-sanstead:t[Wayne Sanstead]:t]] has been the top administrator in North Dakota's
[[kxtopic:departme
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| Republicans end convention with no superintendent candidate... Mar 30 2008 2:14PM
North Dakota Republicans have ended their
convention without finding a candidate to run for state school
superintendent.
Convention delegates gave the state party's executive committee
authority to provide a letter of support to a candidate if s
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| Panel wants more applicants for ND Board of Higher Education... Mar 25 2008 7:57PM
A screening committee is seeking more
applicants for a seat on North Dakota's Board of Higher Education.
Only four people applied for the opening, including incumbent
John Q. Paulsen of Fargo. Paulsen is the board's president, and
he's seeking a
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Sanstead Says He'll Run Again Feb 18 2008 9:15PM
Wayne Sanstead has been the Superintendent of North Dakota
schools for so long he's considered America's most senior state school chief.
And today Sanstead says he'll seek his seventh term as he runs for re-election.
He says he'll continue to work t
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Sanstead Seeks Re-Election Feb 18 2008 7:50PM
Wayne Sanstead has been the Superintendent of North Dakota
schools for so long he's considered America's most senior state school chief...
And today Sanstead says he'll seek his seventh term as he runs for re-election.
He says he'll continue to work
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Sanstead Running Again for ND Superintendent of Public Instruction Feb 18 2008 1:18PM
He's had the job so long he's considered America's most senior state school chief.
Today Dr. Wayne Sanstead says he's going to run again as North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sanstead has had the position for 23 years serving six t
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Ballot measure on school superintendent still needs signatures... Feb 18 2008 11:54AM
A ballot initiative that affects North
Dakota's school superintendent is still gathering signatures.
Mandan businessman Paul Wilkins the Second is chairman of the
campaign.
The petition needs almost 26,000 signatures, and Wilkins says it
h
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| Superintendent of public instruction seeking seventh term... Feb 18 2008 11:54AM
North Dakota's superintendent of public
instruction says he'll run for his seventh term this fall.
Wayne Sanstead has been in office almost 24 years, but he says
he still has goals to accomplish. Sanstead says he'll push in the
North Dakota Legi
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| ND school superintendent initiative going well, sponsor says... Feb 18 2008 11:34AM
A ballot initiative that affects North
Dakota's school superintendent is still gathering signatures.
Mandan businessman Paul Wilkins is chairman of the campaign. The
petition needs almost 26,000 signatures, and Wilkins says it has
about half the
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| ND school superintendent running for seventh term Feb 18 2008 11:26AM
North Dakota's superintendent of public
instruction says he'll run for his seventh term this fall.
Wayne Sanstead says although he's been in office almost 24
years, he still has goals to accomplish. Sanstead says he'll push
in the North Dakota L
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| Paulsen wants another term on Board of Higher Education... Feb 14 2008 7:04PM
The president of North Dakota's Board of
Higher Education says he's interested in serving another four
years.
John Q. Paulsen's term ends on July 1. He's eligible for another
four-year appointment, and Paulsen says he'll ask to be considered.
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| Paulsen interested in another term on higher ed board... Feb 14 2008 6:05PM
The president of North Dakota's Board of
Higher Education says he'd like to serve another four years.
John Q. Paulsen's term ends July First. He's eligible for
another four-year term, and he says today he'd like to be
considered for the appointm
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| Heart devices being delivered to ND schools Jan 7 2008 4:06PM
Portable heart devices are being delivered
to North Dakota's schools soon. And a Beulah woman says they could
save lives.
They're called A-E-D's. It's short for automated external
defibrillators. Last spring the Legislature agreed to spend
400-
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| Heart defibrillators being delivered to ND schools Jan 7 2008 3:25PM
North Dakota's schools are getting
portable heart defibrillators soon.
State school Superintendent Wayne Sanstead says the devices are
being delivered to more than 300 public and private schools.
The defibrillators can help restart a person
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| Government asks judge to dismiss Boys Ranch lawsuit... Dec 13 2007 10:52AM
A North Dakota government lawyer is asking
a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against some state and county
officials by the nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics.
The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation alleges
that refe
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| Minot teacher wins $25,000 national award Nov 6 2007 11:55AM
Jim Hill Middle School teacher Rhonda Grindy
in Minot has received a national award, and the $25,000 prize that
goes with it.
State School Superintendent Wayne Sanstead presented Grindy with
the Milken National Educator Award during a surprise c
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| State officials say consolidation may not always work... Nov 5 2007 5:58PM
State School Superintendent Wayne Sanstead
says legislators appropriated millions of dollars in years past to
get schools to consolidate. Now, he says, the thinking has changed.
Sanstead and school finance director Tom Decker says schools
offici
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| Nonprofit group wants schools to post financial info on Web site... Jun 26 2007 9:33AM
A nonprofit group thinks North Dakota
public school districts should be required to post their financial
information online.
The North Dakota Policy Council calls its plan "Sunshine on
Schools." It wants the 2009 Legislature to approve it.
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| Hoeven Signs Landmark $90 Million K-12 Education Funding Bill Plaintiff School Districts Dismiss Lawsuit May 3 2007 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. John Hoeven today was joined by Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Attorney General Wayne
Stenehjem, legislators, Governor’s Commission on Education Improvement members and educators to sign Senate Bill
2200, a landmark K-12
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Marketplace For Kids Apr 30 2007 7:09PM
All of us have had a unique idea at one time or another.
What challenges most of us is seeing that idea through.
That's why the state hosts Marketplace For Kids every year.
It's an event that encourages kids to come up with an invention.
A
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| Hoeven: Legislature Passes Landmark K-12 Education Funding Reform Apr 23 2007 12:00AM
Executive summary (66kb pdf)
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today issued the following statement upon the Legislature’s passage of
Senate Bill 2200, the landmark K-12 Education Funding Reform Bill:
“Today, the North Dakota
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| Sanstead requesting veto of superintendent qualifications bill... Mar 21 2007 4:54PM
North Dakota's state school superintendent
is asking Governor Hoeven to veto a bill that changes his job
qualifications.
Wayne Sanstead wants to keep a requirement that the
superintendent of public instruction has to be a licensed teacher.
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| House votes to remove teacher requirement for state superintendent... Feb 14 2007 3:33PM
North Dakota's top school superintendent
is now required to have a teaching credential and the
Legislature may change that.
The North Dakota House voted today to drop the requirement. The
vote was 60 to 33 in favor. The bill now goes to the sta
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State Workers - Who Makes What? Feb 8 2007 11:13PM
One of the largest employers in North Dakota is the state itself.
About 25-thousand people are on the states payroll.
Getting right to it who makes the most?
With the help of open records laws we were able to find out.
Brad Feldman join
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| Present, Past Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota Come Together in History-Making Symposium at America's Leadership University Jan 26 2007 12:00AM
Lt. Gov. of North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (standing) joined former North Dakota lieutenant governors (from left) Rosemarie Mrydal, Lloyd Omdahl, Ernest Sands, Wayne Sanstead, and Richard Larsen at the North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Symposium Jan. 25
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| Dalrymple, Lt. Governors To Participate In U. Mary Symposium On Role Of The Office Jan 22 2007 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. - Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple and five former lieutenant governors will participate in a symposium to discuss the role of the office in state government at Heskett Hall located in the Clairmont Center at the University of Mary, America's Le
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| Jamestown teacher wins $25,000 national award Nov 28 2006 3:51PM
A Jamestown teacher has received a national
award.
Third-grade teacher Lynnette Patrick has received a Milken
Family Foundation National Educator Award and along with it a
25-thousand-dollar prize.
Every year the Milken Family Foundation
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Ranch Dedicates Addition Sep 15 2006 7:54PM
A school that already serves students in junior high and high school will soon be welcoming kids in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Dakota Memorial School, the school operated by the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch near Minot, is expanding, thanks to a new
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| STATE OFFICIALS VISIT STUDENT GARDENS Sep 5 2006 12:00AM
BURLINGTON – Students in Burlington
and Granville showed off the fruits of their labor Tuesday, when state officials
visited their “Green and
Growing” school gardens.
“It’s a great project,” sa
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| MEDIA ADVISORY Sep 1 2006 12:00AM
Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson and Superintendent
of Public Instruction Wayne Sanstead will visit the Green and Growing School
Garden Project at the Burlington-Des Lacs Elementary School at 10:30 a.m.,
Tuesday, Sept. 5.
T
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| Overweigh Kids a Concern in ND Jun 11 2006 12:00AM
(AP) _ A health survey of North Dakota high school students says they are smoking and drinking less. But some of them are gaining too much weight.
The state Health Department and the Department of Public Instruction put out the resul
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| North Dakota high schoolers drinking, smoking less Jun 9 2006 12:00AM
DALE WETZEL
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota high school students are smoking less and binge drinking less frequently, but an increasing number of them are overweight, the results of a new health survey say.
Wayne Sanstead, t
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Youth Health Survey Jun 9 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A health survey of North Dakota high school students says they are smoking and drinking less and eating more.
The state Health Department and the Department of Public Instruction put o
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| Ground breaking starts new housing complex at UTTC Jun 2 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK (UTN) ? United Tribes Technical College took another step to expand its services to the growing numbers of American Indian students seeking higher education. The college broke ground June 2 for a family apartment complex to be built on
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| North Dakota ranks high in national science test May 24 2006 12:00AM
DAVE KOLPACK
Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota students ranked among the best in the country on a national science test, with no state earning higher marks for eighth-graders.
State Superintendent Wayne Sanstead said North Dakota
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| Killdeer denied four-day school week Apr 13 2006 12:00AM
Killdeer's bid for a four-day school week has been denied.
The state Department of Public Instruction denied Killdeer's application Wednesday.
Killdeer School Superintendent Gary Wilz says the decision was a disappointment. He sa
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| School Lawsuit Jan 10 2006 12:00AM
It's part of an agreement with Governor Hoeven to try to increase state spending on education.
The schools say they won't pursue the lawsuit for now.
As part of the deal Hoeven is agreeing to ask for at least 60 (M) million mo
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| Education Report Card Jan 4 2006 12:00AM
It's called Quality Counts 2006. The report is issued by the non-profit group that publishes Education Week.
The report says the national average is C plus.
North Dakota got a ``D minus'' in resource equity, a ``D plus'' in eff
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