MINOT — North Dakota's public schools are not perfect, but they are very, very good. Sadly, often thanks to national narratives that have little to do with what's happening in our school districts, that's not always the popular perception the public has. People are left with the impression that kids are being indoctrinated, or in extreme cases, even groomed, and that's just not the case.

North Dakotans for Public Schools is a new organization aimed at bridging that gap between public perception and reality. Former teacher and state Senator Erin Oban is a spokesperson for the organization (and, full disclosure, she is also the wife of my co-host Chad Oban). "I don't think our public schools are perfect," she said on this episode of Plain Talk. But she wants the group to drive home the que

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