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Gov. Greg Gianforte Wednesday signed into law a significant increase to a tax credit for donors to school choice scholarship programs. The program...
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The federal government has denied Montana’s request to pause standardized testing for public school students for the 2020-2021 year due to challenges from the coronavirus pandemic.
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A decades-old "World Language Day" at the University of Montana is now reaching more high school students across the state in a new online format during...
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Gov. Greg Gianforte Friday signed a bill into law that will create an incentive program for public school districts to pay their early-career teachers a...
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Montana’s flagship universities released their spring 2021 enrollment numbers this week, with both reporting fewer students than a year ago. MTPR's...
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A bill aimed at raising starter teacher pay got it’s first hearing this week in the Montana Legislature. Montana is ranked lowest in the country for...
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Student enrollment in the Big Sky School District has been on an upward trend for the last decade, but a lack of affordable housing in the growing ski resort community has made it challenging to recruit and retain teachers. Administrators and local leaders hope new, subsidized teacher housing will help.
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Public school enrollment declined slightly this fall while the number of homeschooled students in Montana spiked. State education officials released the...
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Kristi Borge was recently named Montana’s 2021 Teacher of the Year. She teaches K through 8th grade in a one room schoolhouse in Polaris, a small, tight knit community at the feet of the Pioneer Mountains in Beaverhead County.
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Some public school districts and public health officials in Montana say medical privacy laws are preventing them from working together when a positive...