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Montana’s Camp Paxson becomes the classroom at Larch Outdoor Education Program

The program is designed for students in fifth, sixth and seventh grades but can be adapted for other ages. Earlier this week, students in those grades from Potomac School, Paxson Elementary and Missoula International School filled the rustic camp, which the Civilian Conservation Corps built in 1939 and ’40 on the west side of where the Clearwater River flows into Seeley Lake. 

Video: Meet the High School Students Running a Recycling Business

Imagine a shop class that makes money and buys its own tools. At Cañon City High School, students learn about technology and business all at once.

Net-zero education: the ‘Duolingo’ of green skills

Could an AI-powered app empower the next generation of workers?

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Says This Is the No. 1 Difference Between People With Average Careers and Super Successful Ones

“The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved. They’re open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking,” Jeff Bezos

Schools Look for Ways to Bring More Multilingual Education into the Curriculum

Bilingual children are shown to have better focus and logical reasoning, and – according to Sandoval – will be suited to a wider range of opportunities in the workforce. 

When school lunch is free

“We’ve done a lot of good things to feed kids here in Butte. But introducing universal free meals was probably the best thing we ever did.”

The Montana Dinosaur Trail – Montana Paleontology Top Ten +

This statewide trail runs across Montana and consists of 14 locations from the Montana Dinosaur Center in Bynum to the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka. Each location offers a glimpse at the historic discoveries in the state and provides visitors with a better understanding of the giants that once inhabited our planet.

Montana State University ranked as one of the top universities in the world according to Center for World University Rankings

The ranking, which came from the Center for World University Rankings, set MSU as No. 758 out of 20,966 universities globally.

Helena WINS invites the community to take a look at the trades

“So, we really wanted to target 8th graders, especially thinking about what they want to do for their careers, or even just choosing classes for high school. If hands-on is something that they’re interested in, these industries are great for that.”

Health department seeks input by May 17 (Now extended to May 20) on 3-year plan to improve child care quality and access

Montana will receive nearly $32 million in federal funds next year to make child care more accessible for low-income families. How it will use that money — and the similar amount it will receive each year through 2027 — is currently being discussed by state officials.

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