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Making the cut – Hollywood pros help Corvallis, Montana teens film commercial. Media Arts in the Public Schools (MAPS)
On Tuesday, they followed instructions from the man who made Johnny Depp look like a proper pirate: Martin Schaer. He was the camera operator for two of the three “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies and more than two dozen other major motion pictures.
Montana Rural Education funding still an issue
The consensus of board members Tuesday was that the additional state money will be put to good use, but it isn’t enough in the right places to make much difference.
Science and Engineering Graduate Students by State, 2001-2005
North Dakota, Alaska, Idaho and Hawaii rounded out the states with the largest percent increase, all over 30 percent.
Report: State teacher evaluations need overhaul
"For the most part the current system is a mix of broken, counterproductive and anachronistic policies in need of an overhaul," says the report, which summarizes each state’s laws and regulations affecting teachers.
U.S. must focus on education
Unless there is a dramatic shift, more than 12 million students will drop out nationwide over the next decade, resulting in a $3 trillion blow to our nation’s economy.
The “Daring Dozen 2007,” twelve people who are reshaping the future of education.
Every thriving culture has its exceptional citizens, and in the world of education, where it takes exceptional skills simply to survive, these folks stand out.
Laboratories of Reform: Virtual High Schools and Innovation in Public Education
“The rise of a completely new class of public schools—‘virtual’ schools using the Internet to create online classrooms…is bringing about reforms that have long eluded traditional public schools.”
Montana University System makes core classes available online. Credits are transferrable between each campus
The Montana University System, which includes MSU, UM and the state’s community and tribal colleges, recently launched a Web site that includes core courses available online. The courses are also transferable between each campus.
Connecting middle school to high school
"I think that what this comes down to is ensuring that all students are successful in high school," said Tom Luna, state superintendent of Public Instruction. "And when we talk about being successful in high school, we mean that when a child enters high school, they don’t need to be remediated."
Career Technical Education Critical for Success in Today’s Economy. "Retooling Career Technical Education"
Today’s economy requires that high school graduates possess skills and knowledge dramatically different than a generation ago. Responding to this changing landscape, and in order to provide students with multiple pathways to academic and career success, the NGA Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) today released a new Issue Brief titled Retooling Career Technical Education that provides states with strategies to reorient career technical programs towards high-wage/high-skill industries.
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