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"The state has brought in top-flight educational economists to the look at the data and tell the state whether Wyoming teacher salaries are competitive enough to recruit and retain teachers," O’Donnell said. "They’ve all concluded the same thing, that Wyoming teacher salaries are funded competitively."

The Montana Supreme Court set an Oct. 1 deadline for producing a funding formula the Legislature could enact, he said, and that deadline has been missed.

”We see the university as a true pace setter in higher education," said Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer

“It would be nice if books lived forever,” Yolen told the audience. “But an author who does not learn from each book, who does not grow, is going to become a bad author.”

Johnny Lott, a faculty member at UM for the past 31 years, leads a team that designs activities derived from the prime-time CBS program, which airs on Fridays. The lessons for teachers, students and parents are then placed on the "We All Use Math Every Day" Web site at http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ti/activities.shtml.

Improving student access to the MUS through better-coordinated distance learning is a Board of Regents’ priority.

Despite the Internet’s reputation as a cheaper alternative for just about everything, it isn’t always less expensive to go to school online.

"I get goose bumps when I walk down the hall and see kids working with other kids," he says.

Like CMR, public schools in Great Falls that heeded the mandate — well before the state ever funded it — see minority students thrive. They see something else, too: Racial tensions dissipate.

UM-Helena Dean Daniel Bingham said staff performs “miracles” with what they have now. But he wants to have the best science teaching lab in the state.