Since May 2022, the State of South Dakota has paid $125k to William Morrisey, a retired Hillsdale College professor from Michigan, contracted to develop the state's social studies content standards.
A proposal for South Dakota s public school standards for American history was influenced by a conservative private college enjoying outsize influence among top Republicans. Michigan-based Hillsdale College s “1776 Curriculum” is
In a sign of Hillsdale s growing influence in public education, South Dakota has proposed statewide standards that contain distinct echoes of Hillsdale s material.
A proposal for South Dakota s public school standards for American history was influenced by a conservative private college enjoying outsize influence among top Republicans. Michigan-based Hillsdale College s “1776 Curriculum” is