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States invest in the future – pre-kindergarten education for all 3- and 4-year-olds makes children better learners
Research from as far back as the 1960s demonstrates that 3- and 4-year-olds who get high-quality education before entering kindergarten do better in higher grades and are more likely to finish school and stay out of prison, says Sherry Cleary of the University of Pittsburgh.
Students explore careers in research at McLaughlin Research Institute in Great Falls
Summer internships are common at a number of businesses and institutions across the state, adding to students’ resumes and helping them choose a career.
Interns at McLaughlin are bright and interested in science.
Idaho Arts Charter school readies to open with 500 kids
Idaho Arts Charter already has a waiting list and is part of a growing wave of support for arts-based teaching in the Treasure Valley. Parents say they like having the choice of an academic program for their artistic children. Teachers and administrators believe the arts are a creative and effective way to teach traditional subjects.
Communities are counting on their local universities to create good-paying jobs that will keep kids from leaving town after graduation. But is that realistic?
Expecting research parks to fix many economic woes might still strike some as naïve. But there are ardent believers.
‘Grossology’ is stinky, oozy and educational
One of the museum exhibit’s 17 attractions is the Tour du Nose, which visitors enter through a giant pair of nostrils. They learn about nose hairs, sinuses and the wonderful world of mucus production. But watch out: The nose could blow at any minute, emitting a sneeze with a rush of air through the tunnel. (No liquid is sprayed.)
Students Contribute Billions In Service To Communities – UM-based Montana Campus Compact
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 950 college and university presidents — representing some 5 million students — dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement and service-learning in higher education.
Learning Tech, Scot-Free
The BBC on Monday reported that Scotland is offering 100 pounds — a little more than $175 — to every adult in the land to develop and improve their computer skills.
Great Falls chool district’s mentor program receives $1.6 million grant
The program’s main focus is helping incoming freshmen stay in school by providing them advisors and hiring a mentor coordinator who will recruit volunteers to work with students.
The program also provides job-shadowing opportunities for juniors.
Strong Cities and the New Leadership Role for Urban Universities
As author and New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman has said, "The world is flat" — we are suddenly competing with every community around the world for basic manufacturing requirements and provision of high-tech and biotech services. With this flattening taking place everywhere, we must accelerate change taking place within our communities, and reinvent our centers of learning — our schools at every level — at a pace and speed unparalleled in the history of the country.
Hello Justice, Hello Fairness: Teachers Discover Ethics Camp
They got ethics camp bags and coffee mugs decorated with daily reminders like "Was I fair and just?" and "Did I do more good than harm?"
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