Education board strips Common Core math in favor of ‘simplified’ standards

By: Makenzie Huber

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 774

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The South Dakota Board of Education Standards unanimously approved revisions to the state’s math standards Monday in Rapid City, even as a math teacher flagged some problems state officials acknowledged they’ll have to fix.

The board, the state Department of Education and math educators throughout the state have gone back and forth over the last six months on the standards. The department accepted more than 50 changes to the original proposal over that …

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