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DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack.

At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund.

Disabled student access to some areas of University of Montana campus still inadequate

Under Montana law, public events cannot be held at a location that does not have disabled access. Every year, an e-mail is sent to all University staff by President George Dennison reminding them of the law regarding accessibility, said Jon Pielaet, ADSUM administrative head.

New rule may hinder distance learning

The Montana Board of Public Education recently adopted a rule requiring any college or university professor whose lectures will be accessed via distance learning by Montana students to have a Montana teacher’s certification – a state license to teach with an endorsement in the field specialized in.

Sen. Rick Laible, R-Darby, is unhappy with it.

The Intellectual Devotional. Are you smarter than a college graduate?

Impress your friends by explaining the meaning of Platos’ “Cave Allegory,” pepper your cocktail party conversation with opera terms, solve math problems using the FOIL method.

Billings College of Technology pushes new nursing program

The college proposes adding a six-semester associate of science registered nursing degree to its medical programs.

Classroom Innovation – Blurring Lines Among Both Students and Subjects. It WORKS!!

Pat Graff, a National Council of Teachers of English expert on combining subjects, said middle schools where she works in Albuquerque have taught social studies and language arts together for a decade. Students like it, she said, because seeing connections between the two subjects makes the lessons seem more relevant to the outside world.

Commissioner of higher ed visits Hamilton

“What we really need to start doing is get the facts so the animosity and confusion between both sides can start to disintegrate,”Jim Cote said. “I hope we can blend together an initiative between both sides so that we can begin to move forward.”

New Qwest ”1% Back to Schools” Program Donates One Percent of Qwest Monthly Bills to School Districts in Montana

"Qwest is committed to maintaining strong communities and great schools in Montana, and our ‘1% Back to Schools’ program will support school districts across our state," said David Gibson, Qwest president for Montana.

University of Montana scientist Steve Running shares in Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore

Steve Running, one of the nation’s foremost experts on climate change, was a lead author of the 2007 United Nations IPCC report that presents strong evidence that humanity is artificially warming our world.

Montana State University server hacked, students told

"Even though we don’t believe any information was stolen, we are treating this as a serious situation and want to alert these students to the possibility that they were affected," MSU spokeswoman Cathy Conover said Friday.

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