EDUCATION

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Schools qualify for federal education program

Fifty Montana schools, plagued by high poverty and low student test scores, will qualify this fall for a federal program that provides federally paid tutoring or transportation to another public school. By BOB ANEZ Associated…

States Turn to Community Colleges to Prepare New Teachers

Faced with a shortage of new teachers, a number of states including Florida, Illinois, Maryland, and New Mexico are turning to community colleges to train entering elementary and secondary school teachers. One step states are…

A School Lesson in Maryland

Maryland has added a chapter to a long-running story in education: how to make sure poor school districts have the means to provide a basic education. Commentary > The Christian Science Monitor’s View That issue,…

Net research site to open at Cal

A new state research facility at the University of California, Berkeley, is designed to help shape the Internet of the future and create 1,000 jobs in five years. By Business Writer Oakland Tribune The Net21…

Leap for jobs: FrogJob links teens to high-tech firms for summer jobs in CA

MILLBRAE – LIKE MOST teen-agers, Daniel Fabbri craved a summer job last year. But he didn’t want just any old job. By Tim Simmers – STAFF WRITER Oakland Tribune He wanted a technology job, in…

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

Highlights from a discussion with HBS professors Howard Stevenson, Richard Hamermesh, and Paul Marshall (moderated by Mike Roberts) on teaching entrepreneurship at HBS. HBSWK Pub. Date: Apr 22, 2002 In 2000, The Entrepreneurial Manager was…

Interactive classroom in Libby opens educational doors

Outside funding has been secured to cover the cost of installing an interactive classroom in Libby, the school district announced Monday. The Vision Net technology http://www.montanavision.net/ will allow students an opportunity to receive a four-year…

Billings teacher -Robert Wennerberg- honored for high-tech changes

He was really just doing his job, but someone – he doesn’t know who – nominated him for an international award and gosh darn it if he didn’t win. By JOHN FITZGERALD Of The Gazette…

MSU-Bozeman offers online core certification classes

BOZEMAN – Montana State University is offering online core certification classes for prospective school library media specialists and school administrators. MSU is the lead institution for a national demonstration project in distance education by the…

Ivy League or Also-Ran? Does It Matter?

The long march is almost over. This week, my daughter, like countless other high school seniors, will choose which college she will attend in the fall. Does it make a difference where she goes? By…