PIERRE. (KORN) — The transition to new K-12 social studies standards is underway. South Dakota Education Secretary Joe Graves says it started last summer with a Social Studies summit in Sioux Falls….
He says about 240 teachers also participated in east river and west river road trips to significant historic and cultural sites…
Graves says the Education Department polled all South Dakota school districts and asked what kind of support they would like with the new standards.