education

We are all figuring out new ways to get stuff done with social distancing and quarantine guidelines. That includes Yellowstone National Park which has been doing educational sessions on Facebook.

As we make this leap together, we need to remind ourselves and our students that this shift will be different, messy, time-consuming, and challenging, and that above all we need to afford each other grace.

This week, I had a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to discuss national responses to the COVID-19 outbreak and how the U.S. Department of Education can assist Montana schools.

Last year, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen defeated challenger Mellissa Romano in the state Superintendent’s race, but this week, the two met again as Arntzen presented Romano with a big award.

Education has taken on a higher profile in national politics, between the replacement of No Child Left Behind and President Trump’s controversial selection of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.  However TV and radio ads from Democratic congressional candidate Rob Quist and Republican Greg Gianforte as well as third-party groups in advance of the May 25 special election, fail to mention education...

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has unveiled a proposal to address deficiencies in higher education opportunities for veterans and is promoting bills targeting rural teacher shortages in his remarks at Montana State University Billings on Monday.  Tester is the highest-ranking Democrat on the Veterans Affairs Committee, the Senate’s only farmer, and a former school teacher himself...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau responded to Montana Attorney General Tim Fox today after Fox joined a federal lawsuit over Title IX guidance to schools.

Earlier this morning, Montana Senator Steve Daines introduced an amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. This amendment gives more control to state and local education on federal funding, and regulations.

A team of young Rocky Mountain College scientists worked on a project that may convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.  It doesn't work well in space.

Montana Senator Elsie Arntzen of Billings announced today, June 23, that she is running to replace Denise Juneau as the Superintendent of Public Instruction.