Montana
News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Montana
School Choice & Charters
More on Montana Charters, Wisconsin Vouchers, and Iowa Teachers
Significant changes to teacher pay, charters, and tax credit scholarships are still up in the air in statehouses this year.
School Choice & Charters
Could Montana OK Charters and Private-School Tax Credits All at Once?
Montana lawmakers are considering bills that would allow charter schools and tax-credits for private-school tuition in the state.
School Choice & Charters
A Round-Up of School Choice Legislation Across the U.S.
From vouchers and tax credits to charter schools and parent trigger laws, many state legislatures are debating the merits and drawbacks of school choice.
Education
Sex Education for Kindergarteners?
A proposed sex-education curriculum that would start for children as early as kindergarten is causing quite a stir in a Montana school district.
Education
In Flip-Flop, Montana Opts to Vie for Race to Top
Months after Montana education leaders said the requirements for a type of federal education grant pushed an urban agenda onto rural states, those same leaders are putting together an application for the next round of Race to the Top grants.
School Climate & Safety
Safety Expert Shares Hard-Won Wisdom
As the resident practitioner for safe and orderly schools for the NASSP, Bill Bond travels at least 40 weeks a year to talk to administrators, teachers, and school resource officers about responding to school crises.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
Mont. Court Details Ruling
The Montana Supreme Court issued a 30-page decision March 23 elaborating on why it ruled last fall that the state’s public school funding system is unconstitutional.
Education
Judge Says Montana Falls Short On Indian Education
Montana’s American Indians have for decades argued that local public schools aren’t complying with a state constitutional requirement to teach students about Indian history and culture. Now, a judge, ruling in a high-profile school finance case, agrees.
Education
State Journal
Starting with her hometown of Anaconda, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Nancy A. Keenan toured her state last week to announce that she will run for Congress next year.
Looking to Washington
Starting with her hometown of Anaconda, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Nancy A. Keenan toured her state last week to announce that she will run for Congress next year.
Education
Legislative Update
The following is a summary of states' final school budgets for fiscal 2000 and highlights of education-related action in legislatures. The totals for K-12 education include money for state education administration, but do not include federal, flow-through dollars.
School Choice & Charters
Owens Wants To Spend More on Colorado Charter Schools
Gov. Bill Owens of Colorado used his first State of the State Address to call for more money for charter schools, waivers of bureaucratic rules for traditional public schools, and a report card for every school.
Education
For-Profit Alternative Schools Are Hot Commodities
Private, for-profit alternative schools can't multiply fast enough for parents and principals anxious to find new venues for students cast out of public schools.
School Choice & Charters
Staying Home From School
A growing number of home-schooling parents point to a host of secular and practical reasons for taking education into their own hands.
English Learners
The Special Case of Bilingual Education for Indian Students
The need for bilingual education among American Indians and Alaska natives is poorly understood by many who would not question its value for newly arrived students.