Montana schools

Protest May Bring Suspensions
Protest May Bring Suspensions
Protest May Bring Suspensions
CNN reports that students around the United States are walking out of class to demand tougher gun laws in response to last week’s deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, but some schools are threatening harsh punishments. The Needville Independent School District in Texas issued a warning Tuesday that anyone who participated in a walkout or other political protest would be suspended for three days..
Inappropriate Relations
Inappropriate Relations
Inappropriate Relations
Three recent investigations at three different Montana schools have revealed suspected inappropriate teacher-student relationships. The Montana Board of Public Education can discipline a teacher for reasons ranging from incompetence to gross neglect– or conviction of certain crimes and immoral conduct. The ...
Guns in MT Schools
Guns in MT Schools
Guns in MT Schools
As of Thursday, Hardin art teacher Nora Block is facing multiple felony charges after a handgun was found in her classroom over the weekend. According to a spokesman for the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office, Block knowingly possessed a firearm on school property and deliberately hid the gun from law enforcement, according to charging documents obtained by MTN News....
Teacher Shortage in Rural MT
Teacher Shortage in Rural MT
Teacher Shortage in Rural MT
Amid teacher shortages in rural Montana, many districts are going to a last resort option once again. In one case, a district had to choose whether to scrap a business education program, or employ the services of a secretary who’d recently received a degree in marketing...
Small Montana Schools Lose Federal Grants
Small Montana Schools Lose Federal Grants
Small Montana Schools Lose Federal Grants
As a result of changes in an already-cumbersome application process, some of Montana’s smallest rural schools lost out on a federal grant.  The Billings Gazette reports that Sand Springs is one of seven Montana schools that missed out on the money, according to the Montana Small Schools Alliance, for reasons like administrative turnover that left positions vacant during the summer — or, in the cas
Science Content to get Overhal
Science Content to get Overhal
Science Content to get Overhal
Montana's public school science content standards haven't been updated since 2006, so Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau has selected 17 people to serve on a negotiated rule making committee to begin the process.
Max Baucus Meets With Montana School Administrators on Rural Education Program [AUDIO]
Max Baucus Meets With Montana School Administrators on Rural Education Program [AUDIO]
Max Baucus Meets With Montana School Administrators on Rural Education Program [AUDIO]
In a Monday morning news release, Montana Senator Max Baucus is helping to renew the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP), which provides about $5 million each year that 420 Montana schools rely on to keep teachers on the job. The REAP program is included in the major education bill Congress will debate this year, bringing it one step closer to being signed into law.