Small, rural schools sometimes don’t have enough students to fill an Advanced Placement class or field a sports team.
In Southwest North Dakota, many schools don’t have enough students for a full marching band, but they’ve found a creative solution
Funding models for state-sponsored virtual schools vary widely, and e-learning experts are trying to identify the best method
Before the Montana Digital Academy opened its virtual doors two years ago, about 200 students in the state were taking onli…
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Lower transportation costs. Less money spent on facilities and overhead. Increased teacher and student attendance. And…higher test scores? New research suggests, perhaps counterintuitively, that the four-day scho…
Published Online: March 1, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State education officials could step in quicker to assist failing Missouri school districts under legislation approved Thursday in the House.
Lawmakers were moving to allow more rapid st…
The Montana Teachers Retirement System needs an infusion of $633 million to avoid running out of money by 2055, consultants hired by the system said in a report released last week. Without the additional funding, they said, future school system contr…
Continue Reading →U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., left, the leading Democrat on the House education committee, listens as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan makes a point during a discussion of ESEA reauthorization last month at the Center for American Progres…
Continue Reading →Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau has informed U.S. Department of Education officials that she will not raise the state’s target test scores to meet benchmarks of the No Child Left Behind law. She called the current federal r…
Continue Reading →Rather than wait till students reach middle school, teachers are introducing children to algebra concepts in the early grades by tapping into their intuitive math skills.
Melissa Romano grew up attending school in classrooms that were quiet and or…
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