With the implementation of the Common Core, more and more parents across the state of South Dakota are seeing the benefits of homeschooling. Understandably, not everyone chooses to homeschool.  SB 131 is a step to further limit your rights as a parent to decide how to educate your child.  Whether that education is public school,…

When I spoke with former Governor Mike Rounds, now Senate candidate, at the Sioux Empire Fair in August 2013, he told me he was glad I was working to get rid of the Common Core in South Dakota. After a very brief exchange, he invited me to coffee so we could discuss this further. And…