1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1498+ words) Pencils down! Does that phrase bring back some anxiety-inducing memories? What if, like in your bad dreams, it's an exam you haven't studied for? A listener wants to know why student test scores have stopped rising. The answer involves triangles…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (273+ words) About 50 high schoolers filled the capitol rotunda Wednesday, at times chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A." They stood behind Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte as he rallied support for an initiative to engage high school students in conservative politics. Gianforte announced that he and Superintendent of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) Montana Commissioner of Higher Education Clay Christian's new year has been a whirlwind ever since UM President Seth Bodnar abruptly announced his resignation on Jan. 21. "That's what we get handed sometimes, and that's just fine," Christian says. Bodnar's announcement didn't…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (162+ words) Public charter school students scored worse on state math and English tests than their public school counterparts at every grade level. Those results came from the Montana Board of Public Education's first report on public charter school performance released in…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (220+ words) The number of teachers getting a license for the first time, or renewing one, were down last year, too. Data trends indicate more teachers are leaving the field in Montana than entering it. Teacher recruitment and retention continues to be…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (268+ words) A chorus of crickets and cicadas melts into the whistle of a locomotive and the hammering of pickaxes. It's the ambiance of the Montana Historical Society's massive new museum. Woven in is the chatter of about 50 middle schoolers. Half of…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (304+ words) Montana education officials approved two new public charter schools Friday. That's the fewest since lawmakers paved the way for the schools in 2023. The Board of Public Education only approves charter schools it deems highly innovative, with a good chance of…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (240+ words) Missoula County Public Schools employee Trichelle Keith guides school volunteer Lindsey Green through a series of fingerprint scans in a white-walled room. Green has two kids in the district and has been helping out for years. This is the first…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (230+ words) Many Montana communities sit amid large swaths of national forest. The federal land surrounding the towns limits their ability to grow. This means less taxes to fund public schools and roads. Congress established the Secure Rural Schools program in 2000 to…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (302+ words) State higher education officials have changed the eligibility requirements for Montana's American Indian Tuition Waiver. The undergraduate tuition waiver has been available to Montana resident students who have at least one-fourth degree Native American blood or are enrolled in a…...