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UM speaker: Educators must understand emerging technology

Faculty members should ask how they can create the best learning experience for students.

"We need to do better about adapting to emerging technology,"

International Baccalaureate Programme Coming to Hellgate High in Missoula, Montana

"These courses develop skills that translate well to the university setting – independent learning, research, time management skills. The benefit is that they take the students out of their comfort zone."

15-Year Study Shows Positive Connection Between How Parents Play with Toddlers and Their Children’s Academic Success

"Our study looked at the combined long-term impacts of both maternal and paternal interactions in those critical stages of early development, and discovered that children not only benefit from the interactions they have with their mothers, but also their fathers."

Rethink Public Financing of Early Education and Care – "Toward Better Policy for Early Care and Education in the United States"

Streamlining funding to build a child-centered system of high-quality early learning.

Does Preschool Matter?

For many kids, the most important years of schooling come before they can even read.

Effective Practices In Early Childhood Education Free Early Learning Webinar, 3/15

You won’t want to miss these FREE educational webinars for administrators, devoted to best practices in early learning and packed with the forces you need to improve outcomes.

Take the test: Will your home help baby learn?

"The first several years of life are a time of immense growth and learning and, for obvious reasons, the home is the primary agent for this development in the early years."

Preschool bridges gaps in test scores later

Preschool enrollment is one of the best ways to ensure that disadvantaged kids start down the right academic path early on.

How STEM Jobs Are Leading Our Future and Why You Should Care

Today’s students may not be getting the exposure to the math and science fields due to college graduates from those fields finding better paying work outside of teaching. Finally, students struggle to find role models in math and science departments.

Montana students take pledge against the "r-word"

The students took a pledge by wearing green t-shirts to "Spread the Word to End the Word" and during an assembly on Friday, the students learned that the "r-word" – retard – is degrading and unnecessary.