Superintendent candidates debate teacher bonuses, classroom tech, funding public schools
North Dakota Superintendent Levi Bachmeier, left, and superintendent candidate Tracy Foss, right, check the camera locations next to Plain Talk Podcast hosts Rob Port, center-left and Chad Oban, center-right, at Bismarck State College on Oct. 13, 2026, before beginning their debate for superintendent for the Department of Public Instruction. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
Candidates for superintendent of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction discussed teacher bonuses, tech in the classroom and funding public schools during a debate this week.
The debate hosted by Plain Talk Podcast co-hosts Rob Port and Chad Oban featured Superintendent Levi Bachmeier, a former business manager for West Fargo Public Schools who is running in his first statewide election,…
