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A laptop for every child – Beneficial or Superficial?

"Trying to connect laptop use and test scores is a narrow viewpoint," Hardy said, adding that many variables determine increased learning. "(High test scores) doesn’t tell us a student can go into the world and get a job using his laptop, nor do they tell us if he now has the skills at a community college to research a report and make a video presentation.

Data suggest states satisfy No Child law by expecting less of students

Almost every fourth-grader in Mississippi knows how to read. In Massachusetts, only half do.

Nearly 70% of University of Montana Graduates Will Start Their Careers Here in Montana

At $300 Million, our economic impact is Montana-sized.

Integrating Adult Workers Into the College System. Nearly 34 million have no college experience at all

Using the findings from 80 interviews and 1400 survey responses of post-secondary students and administrators, the report advocates for creating credentialing pathways using career-related courses and increasing financial aid options for adult students.

The University of Montana Research View Spring 2007

Everyone has heard of the canary in the coal mine, which sways or drops dead in the presence of poisonous gas, alerting miners to get out.

Now a University of Montana research team has learned to understand the collective buzzing of bees in their hives, which can provide a similar biological alert system.

University of Montana Professor Johnnie Moore’s Work about the Clark Fork River to Air Nationwide on NPR

He and Hochella will be featured in seven "Pulse of the Planet" episodes that will span their work from gathering the uncontaminated water of Rock Creek to act as a control to testing the heavy metal-laden water of the Clark Fork in state-of-the-art Virginia Tech laboratories.

Stark picture seen in Montana school dropout rates

OPI last year began implementing a statewide student identification system that tracks each student with a number. The system should provide more accurate information on students’ public school careers, said Madalyn Quinlan, chief of staff for State Superintendent Linda McCulloch.

The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called “Posses.”

One of the primary aims of the Posse Program is to train these leaders of tomorrow.

Montana’s Governor Schweitzer Named One of Nation’s Most Innovative Education Leaders. Receives 2007 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award

“We believe education is for life in Montana. We want our young children to have the best start on their education and college to be an affordable dream for all students.” Gov. Brian Schweitzer

ECOS: No child left indoors: Pairing of UM, K-12 schools gets students outside and into environmental science

No child left indoors. This is the goal of the Ecologists, Educators, and Schools (ECOS) program that has paired University of Montana scientists with local K-12 teachers and their students.

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