South Dakota Focus
Join South Dakota Focus, on TV and online, the last Thursday of each month at 8pm/7MT.
Since 1995, South Dakota Focus has provided in-depth discussions with South Dakotans about issues and events impacting the state. South Dakota Focus takes the time to see matters more clearly.
Since 1995, South Dakota Focus has provided in-depth discussions with South Dakotans about issues and events impacting the state. South Dakota Focus takes the time to see matters more clearly.
The overlap between child trauma research and juvenile justice policy approaches in SD.
Better pay and expanding the pipeline are potential solutions to the teacher shortage.
The child care crisis continues, and some are looking to lawmakers for solutions.
The earliest years of a child's life can have lifelong impacts on learning.
How support for children has evolved in 50 years, and where we have room to grow.
Limited access to child care has an impact on the state's workforce shortage.
Latest Stories
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State officials say South Dakota is in need of more people to help foster children. South Dakota Focus spoke to two families about the system, the challenges and what it will take to get more people involved. -
SDPB employees Jackie Hendry and Krystal Schoenbauer were awarded the Citizens Award from the SDAEYC (South Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children). -
The effects of child trauma coupled with recent changes in state juvenile justice policy has left some families to fall through the cracks. Learn more on this edition of South Dakota Focus. -
SDPB's Jackie Hendry steps into the studio to preview her reporting in the latest episode of "South Dakota Focus" on juvenile justice and trauma. -
Diversion programs can help low-offending juveniles avoid getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Lawmakers recently upped the reimbursement rate to counties for these programs, but not every community has the same resources. -
While the legislature works to address teacher pay, some programs work to find future teachers among South Dakota's current high school students.
