Education News

The institutions, which serve more than half of US undergrads, are working to improve access and uphold academic standards.

Five years after federal No Child Left Behind rules were imposed nationwide, Montana educators are still digging. But optimism is fading.

"Meeting the qualifications has become an exercise in bureaucratic compliance,"

AAA MountainWest will again offer academic, athletic and arts scholarships to graduating Montana high school seniors.

“With a billion-dollar budget surplus, now is the time to make sure all of our students are achieving at the highest level they are capable of,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch told the Senate Education Committee.

It faces a tough future as Congress prepares to reauthorize it — a group of 100 education, religion and civil rights leaders today announces an effort calling for "major changes."

The addition of these states brings the total number of SSI states up to 24 – meaning that almost half the states in the union are motivating students to become a Scholar today, and a success tomorrow.

By the end of this year, the contents of all 1,800 courses taught at one of the world’s most prestigious universities will be available online to anyone in the world, anywhere in the world. Learners won’t have to register for the classes, and everyone is accepted.

The researchers stacked up all the states and the District of Columbia against 13 measures of success, ranging from parents’ employment and English fluency to children’s test scores and graduation rates.

Montana State University has mailed letters apologizing to 259 students and warning that their names and Social Security numbers were mistakenly released to eight other students.