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The Montana Office of Public Instruction says about 19% of school districts in the state are taking part in a new incentive program to raise starting teacher pay next year.
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The governor and superintendent of public instruction both objected to new language education officials adopted for a teachers’ code of ethics.
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According to Manhattan School District officials, John Sillitti resigned on Jan. 5 amid an allegation he had an inappropriate relationship with a high school student roughly 15 years ago.
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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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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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Montana’s largest public employees union helped launch a petition Wednesday condemning the state’s chief of public instruction. It’s the latest volley in a growing controversy over Elsie Arntzen’s leadership.
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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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Montana officials this week said they’ve found a solution to fund a school mental health program that has been on shaky ground for more than a year. It is still unclear how many schools will be able to keep the program going.