Nigel Lockyer

The state Department of Education is hosting a series of public hearings regarding revisions of the K-12 Social Studies standards. The process has become embroiled in controversy, particularly surrounding anything that hints at Critical Race Theory in South Dakota schools. The next meeting is Monday in Sioux Falls.

Nigel Lockyer is the director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. He and SDPB’s Lee Strubinger discussed experimental particle…