Jack Dalrymple

Meghnad Desai's 'The Rediscovery of India ' continued to dominate the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while 'The Museum of Innocence' by Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk retained the No.1 position in the fiction category. Read More

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) Devils Lake Superintendent Steve Swiontek says his board will introduce a resolution at the state School Boards Association meeting this weekend to keep a state Commission on Education Improvement. Read More

Excitement filled the chilly Thursday morning air as area leaders, educators, students and the North Dakota's lieutenant governor gathered at Williston State College for the groundbreaking of a new Career and Technical Education building. Read More

When trying to describe how he felt about Thursday's groundbreaking of the Williston State College Career and Technical Education building, Workforce Dean David Richter had only one word -- wow. Read More

Seventeen-year-old Trent Egan hopes he can make a difference as he serves on the newly formed state Youth Council. Read More

North Dakota could become more attractive to young people by emphasizing its available jobs and playing down its wide-open spaces and "Wild West" image, members of a newly formed state Youth Council suggested. Read More

A newly formed advisory board of North Dakota young people thinks it would be a good idea to start talking up the state's job opportunities to seventh and eighth graders. Read More

For years, state Rep. Lisa Wolf has asked her Minot high school students whether they planned to stay in North Dakota after finishing school. Read More

After drafting a school reform measure that the Legislature approved this year, members of a state board will focus in part on monitoring how it works in North Dakota's schools, Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple said. Read More

Bismarck , N.D. (AP) Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple says an education board intends to keep track of school reform measures approved by the Legislature. Read More