EDUCATION

This week the gathering of international scientists at UM will help move forward nanotechnology research and hopefully spark collaborations that will initiate groundbreaking discoveries, Rosenberg said.

“It is at conferences like this one, where people come together to talk about what research they are doing, that bridge new partnerships and discoveries,” he said.

Anybody with an interest in school funding – parents, taxpayers, politicians – ought to check out the report issued last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. It won’t do much to resolve Montana’s debate, but it certainly helps put the question of how much Montanans spend on education in perspective.

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The undertaking is a collaboration between MIT and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and will ultimately bring together a consortium of educators, game designers, publishers, and policymakers to develop sophisticated games that range from quick demonstrations that illustrate points made in lectures to semester-long projects that support the content of courses.

Governor Judy Martz today announced the appointment of Kala French of Kalispell, a student at Montana State University, to a three year term on the Montana University System’s Board of Regents. She succeeds Christian Hur…

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The University of Michigan is considering going private, says the Mackinac Center, a move that is expected to save taxpayer dollars and retain highly qualified professors. Other states have already considered or enacted similar measures:…

Anybody with an interest in school funding – parents, taxpayers, politicians – ought to check out the report issued last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. It won’t do much to resolve Montana’s debate, but it certainly helps put the question of how much Montanans spend on education in perspective.

Schools do an inadequate job of teaching basic money skills, and that has forced many financial firms to develop outstanding teaching tools. One of the best sites on the Internet for this kind of learning…