EDUCATION

Nationwide, about 200,000 adults have become certified to teach under alternative accreditation state laws since 1985, when such laws began to change.

(Be sure to take a look at the rating criteria- Very intersting!- Russ)

When accomplished, Michigan would become the second state to provide an entire grade of students with some type of computer device. In 2001, former Maine Governor Angus King announced a similar initiative to provide a laptop computer to every seventh- and eight-grader in that state.

Rewards were paid to public, private and charter schools for students in second through ninth grades if at least 55 percent of the students in an entire grade at a school met growth targets.

Wulf called for engineering schools to "think about the industries and jobs that will be, not the ones that are," noting that Wayne Gretzky attained hockey fame by skating to where the puck would be instead of where it was. "The real trouble that the country ought to be facing is how do we develop a public lifelong learning system and train them for the jobs that will be, not just the jobs that were."

Montana State University accounting students had the highest pass rate in the nation for graduate students taking the May 2002 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam the first time, according to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). The 2002 rankings are the most recent results posted by the association.

"Making school more relevant for students is a critical need," said State Superintendent Mike Ward. "We view Project Lead the Way as a viable way to show students that they need to start preparing for the future while they’re in school."

There are many ways to be creative, to dream, and to consider the outrageous, starting with how you see yourself and your options.

Edmonton school children Megan Corbett, Todd Moser, Levi Stamp and Baillie Gladue read during a Grade 2 class. A study by a U.S. professor of 223 schools in six cities has found Edmonton schools offer…

"Montana test scores, while remaining among the top in the nation, have stabilized while other states continue to improve," state Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch said. "If we don’t seriously address the very real problems such as a looming educator shortage and adequate state support for schools, we will very likely see a decline in the quality of the education of children receive."