education

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…

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 Aff…

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.

Three out of every four kids say their parents are the leading influence on their decisions about drinking and that’s why the Department of Revenue’s Liquor Control Division and the Interagency Coordinating Council on State Prevention Programs have partnered with Moth…

Code Montana, the free computer programming course offered to middle school and high school students throughout the state, received a bit of an upgrade today, April 28.