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Voters in Laurel are being asked to provide more money to repair or possibly rebuild schools.
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The Montana University System is preparing to roll out a new accelerated degree program.
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A program providing mental health services to public school students is close to running out of temporary funding. State and public school officials are still working out a new funding structure to keep providing services.
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School districts in Gallatin County are trying a variety of approaches to fill paraprofessional staff positions: bonuses, pay increases. Some have even brought in parents. But so far, none of the solutions has led to schools being fully staffed.
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Montana’s school superintendent is facing criticism from administrators of the state’s largest public school districts who say they’re "disappointed" in her leadership. They signed a letter last week detailing what they say is a chronic lack of administrative support from Arntzen’s Office of Public Instruction.
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A group of Republican state lawmakers, school board trustees and citizens have signed a letter in support of Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen. It follows a separate letter signed by the superintendents representing Montana’s eight AA school districts, which expressed disappointment in Arntzen’s leadership.
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A series of workshops is helping middle school students in Livingston prepare for careers and develop new skills.
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In a letter sent to state Superintendent Elsie Arntzen, the heads of Montana's eight AA school districts express "no confidence" in Arntzen's leadership at the Office of Public Instruction.
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Josey Quiñones is a band teacher at Monforton Middle School west of Bozeman whose students are meeting in person this school year — albeit outdoors — after an 18 month break during the pandemic.
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The Montana University System and University of Montana are rejecting allegations of gender discrimination and asking a U.S. District Court to toss out claims filed by one of the four female plaintiffs.
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The Darby School District doesn’t have enough staff to keep its doors open, and students will switch to distance learning for the remainder of the week.
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UM Geography instructor Kelly Franklin is trying to move up to 12 scholars and an education program she developed out of Afghanistan. The lives of scholars have been upended after the Taliban took control of the country and injected itself into the education system.