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The U.S. Department of Education has announced a new initiative to engage teachers and education experts in the sharing of best practices in teaching.

"More importantly, I felt this is such a fair way to pay teachers," Ms. Kershaw said after wrapping up a poetry class. "It’s so appealing because it makes me work harder."

The Institute’s Unearthing T.rex site will be updated daily from the field. It will include video and photographs of what’s been found and offer participants a chance to ask questions or join in a discussion.

In Maine, every seventh and eighth grader is equipped with a laptop computer. In Kansas, students in middle school and high school can now take state reading and math tests via the Internet. And in North Carolina, teachers in the 2004-2005 school year will be able to access students’ academic and attendance records from their desktop computers.

“This is the only program like this in the country,”

The centers will target rural and isolated communities with curricula and programs developed collaboratively with local two-year colleges and school districts. The goal of the new centers is to improve the transition and college-going rates of New Mexico students into college career programs and technical careers.

Warmest congratulations to Dr. Richard Semenik Dean of the MSU College of Business http://www.montana.edu/cob/ and Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West and his faculty and staff for their continued leadership in educating the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Montana needs these leaders to ensure a successful future. – Russ

The proposal would make the state the first in the nation to give some taxpayer money directly to college students instead of to colleges and universities. Students would use vouchers to help pay tuition at public and some private in-state schools.

"I find the English language skills, reading ability and mathematics ability of most people who have gone to reputable schools to be atrocious. What’s worse, they’re ignorant about their ignorance," Studzinski said.

Beginning this autumn, specialized texts such as "Educational Research" and "Social Psychology," which normally retail in hardback for about $100, can for the first time be bought online for about $50.