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STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Victoria Day
Did you know Victoria Day (sometimes called Firecracker Day) is observed in Canada on the Monday before May 25 each year. This holiday celebrates Queen Victoria's birthday (She was born on May 24, 181...
Posted on 5/18/12 at 9:35 AM
PARENT INFORMATION CENTER 25 Ways to Use Magnetic Letters at Home
Is yourrefrigeratorcovered with those colorful letters, but not spelling anything but M-E-S-S!? These 25 fun ways to use those magnetic letters will educate your child on writing, reading and vocabula...
Posted on 5/15/12 at 11:20 AM
4 MY FUTURE: CAREER AND CHARACTER EDUCATION Dear Parents: Facebook and Internet Safety from Local Students...
Dear Parents - The Grand Forks Youth Commission exists to identify, promote, improve, increase and provide services and programs for young people in Grand Forks. We invite you to read through the fol...
Posted on 4/19/12 at 11:00 AM
MUSIC MOVES Rumor Has It...
...It's been a while, hasn't it? That much is definitely true! Over the last two weeks, I've been working on some life projects that have made me put blogging on the backburner for a little while, bu...
Posted on 3/30/12 at 2:44 PM
THE NEW FORTY Dear Governor Dalrymple and Members of the North Dakota Legislature...
Dear Governor Dalrymple and Members of the North Dakota Legislature, I believe in the State of North Dakota's power to be a leader in the nation. This leadership has been evidenced increasingly natio...
Posted on 2/16/12 at 11:43 PM
Minnesota school-integration program overhaul put on hold, many worried it will disappear 
An overhaul of Minnesota's $108 million school-integration program will not happen this legislative session, leaving supporters worried that the program won't just be left in limbo but will disappear. State lawmakers formed a task force to retool the funding, set to end in 2014. The report was delivered in February as asked, but it didn't get its first vetting until last week, as the session nears its end.
By Megan Boldt , April 22, 2012
ND prom couple ride to dance in farm tractor
Travis Johnson and Megan Albertson arrived at their prom at Des Lacs-Burlington High School in true country style — forgoing a limousine in favor of a farm tractor.
By Associated Press , April 17, 2012
RYAN BAKKEN: Summer comes early for Thief River Falls students
The best thing about being a Minnesota kid is that the school year doesn’t start until after Labor Day. The worst thing about being a Minnesota kid is that the school year doesn’t end until after Memorial Day. However, Thief River Falls students are experiencing the best of both worlds this year. They didn’t start school until Sept. 5, yet are being set free on May 25.
They can thank construction.
By Ryan Bakken , April 17, 2012
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PTA chapters in North Dakota, Minnesota see growth, bucking national trend
Membership in North Dakota and Minnesota PTA chapters is rising slightly, bucking a national trend that has seen a big dip in Parent Teacher Association membership over the past decade.
By Helmut Schmidt , April 16, 2012
Kris Wallman, Fargo, letter: Berg should join senators in support of NCLB reform
I recently asked North Dakota’s U.S. senators if they were on board with an improved version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Both said they would support re-authorization in a timely way.
I asked Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., if he would sign on, and his reply was, “We need to rein-in our out-of-control deficit.”
By Kris Wallman , April 15, 2012
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Netbooks are teaching tools for many district students
They cluster in groups of two or three, some sprawled on the floor, others working on their own at tables, each concentrating on the assignment from their teacher, Johanna Ibarra, at Valley Middle School in Grand Forks.
In this social studies class, her sixth-grade students are learning about Mesopotamia, first reading from a textbook, then typing answers in their own netbook computers. Ibarra moves around the room, hovering and helping where needed.
By Pamela Knudson , April 14, 2012
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Minnesota's tough problem: How best to evaluate teachers
Even as Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP lawmakers have skirmished this session over teacher performance issues, a group of over 39 teachers, administrators, parents and lawmakers has been quietly developing a new statewide tool for teacher evaluation.
By Alexandra Tempus , April 13, 2012
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UPDATE: 5 years after N.D. makes the switch, S.D. high schools move to wooden baseball bats
High school baseball fans in South Dakota are hearing an unfamiliar sound at ball diamonds this season: the crack of wooden bats. It's a familiar sound to fans in North Dakota, where the ping of metal bats have been banned since the 2007 season.
By Associated Press , April 13, 2012
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SOCIAL MEDIA: Do students have the freedom to tweet?
Schools discuss policies preventing online abuse through social media in the wake of a Minnesota lawsuit over a girl's use of Facebook. Grand Forks Public Schools officials say there have been no serious problems but they have policies against bullying, harassment and intimidation.
By Stephen J. Lee and Tu-Uyen Tran , April 12, 2012
Candidate for N.D. school superintendent decides to not run the day after he applied
A candidate for North Dakota school superintendent says he's not running for the office after all. Keith Jacobson says Wednesday he's withdrawing for personal reasons. Jacobson filed petitions Tuesday to run for the job. He's one of four people who turned in nominating paperwork.
By Associated Press , April 11, 2012
Field for state superintendent of schools grows
The competition for North Dakota’s top K-12 post increased Tuesday when another candidate entered the race. Retired school administrator Keith Jacobson of New Salem turned in paperwork to the secretary of state’s office to have his name on the primary ballot for the superintendent of public instruction race, which now has four candidates.
By Teri Finneman , April 10, 2012
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'Hunger Games' again on list of challenged books
The more popular "The Hunger Games" trilogy becomes, the more reasons some parents and educators have found to question whether it belongs on library shelves. For the second year in a row, Suzanne Collins' work was among the most "challenged" books, as reported Sunday by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
By Hillel Italie , April 09, 2012
School vouchers prompt court fights in U.S.
Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable.
By Kimberly Hefling , April 09, 2012
N.D. education officials find no evidence that Bismarck, Fargo altered test scores
The investigations came after a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed that Bismarck Public Schools and Fargo Public Schools were among nearly 200 large school districts across the nation as having an unusual fluctuation in test scores from one year to the next.
By Associated Press , April 07, 2012
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