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BHSU awarded a grant to address STEM teacher shortage

NPR

This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.

A Black Hills State University program is seeking to bring more STEM teachers to rural schools. It's been awarded a new $75,000 grant to help fund it.

Ben Sayler, Ph.D., is a professor at BHSU and director of South Dakota’s Center for the Advancement of Math and Science Education. He leads the “Building Capacity to Address STEM Educator Shortages in Rural South Dakota" project.

Dr. Sayler joins In the Moment to discuss the unique problems of staffing South Dakota's rural STEM classrooms and how his program could help.

Lori Walsh is the host and senior producer of In the Moment.
Ellen Koester is a producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.