JOE GRAVES
STAFF BLOG REPUBLIC INSIDER Who looks worse today: Munsen or administrators?
My Monday morning got off to a fast start when we received an anonymous tip about the Mitchell boys' basketball program being put on probation for a year by the South Dakota High School Activities Ass...
Posted on 5/24/11 at 8:47 AM
GRAVES: Dispense with the agrarian school calendar
Research shows time has come to extend the academic year
By Joe Graves , May 14, 2013
GRAVES: Mitchell’s teachers more deserving of accolades than any starlet
Awards ceremonies should really not exist for people whose efforts -- essentially play-acting -- already are rewarded in such an exaggerated, overblown fashion.
By Joe Graves , April 29, 2013
GRAVES: Re-learning life’s lessons
Wisdom and age don’t always go together.
By Joe Graves , April 16, 2013
GRAVES: Lengthen school year, grow American dream
This inexorable grinding away at the educational attainment of the child from the impoverished background becomes quickly tantamount to the erasure, the denial of the American dream.
By Joe Graves , April 01, 2013
GRAVES: Socioeconomic status link to success in school still a challenges
There is no doubt that “A Nation at Risk” is the loudest report to which educators have ever had to listen. And we’ve been listening to it now for 30 years.
By Joe Graves , March 19, 2013
GRAVES: Congress' use of 'sequestration' not accurate
One sequesters a jury. One sequesters someone’s assets in order to pay off a debt. Just how a mandated cut in projected federal spending can be considered sequestration is puzzling.
By Joe Graves , March 05, 2013
GRAVES: Improving education a worthy investment
Good teachers shown to add earning power to students; poor teachers have opposite effect.
February 19, 2013
GRAVES: On local control - unquestioned principle not always sound
An awful lot of what gets argued is, well, just plain hypocritical.
By Joe Graves , February 04, 2013
GRAVES: The problem with pot
Both ends of the political continuum seem to support throwing in the towel on at least some of the fronts on the war against drugs.
By Joe Graves , January 22, 2013
GRAVES: Teacher's bar exam might be good but don't bet on it
Under current conditions, the best people are not drawn into education but into other fields with higher levels of compensation.
By Joe Graves , January 07, 2013
GRAVES: No such thing as a free lunch
Even though something may be provided to one person at no cost to them, somebody is paying for it.
By Joe Graves , December 26, 2012
GRAVES: Election results bad for education
Those who opposed 1234 spent an enormous amount of money to block $15 million in annual spending, all of which would have gone into the pockets of South Dakota teachers.
By Joe Graves , December 11, 2012
GRAVES: Plans are nothing; planning is everything
Much of what one plans for never comes to pass. This is not because planning is useless but rather that it is by its very nature contingent and the number of contingencies in any hypothetical scenario forces you to plan for dozens of possibilities.
By Joe Graves , November 13, 2012
GRAVES: McGovern showed great things come from here
People like McGovern provide something special for the students of Mitchell High School and all the schools that feed into it. They provide absolute, verifiable, undeniable proof that incredibly high goals are achievable by someone from our relatively small community.
By Joe Graves , October 30, 2012
GRAVES: Vote yes on RL16
Bill will improve education in South Dakota.
By Joe Graves , October 16, 2012
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