Education News

Gov. Mike Leavitt is turning to the business community for solutions to the challenges faced by Utah’s public schools and colleges: not enough money and too many students. BY MARTA MURVOSH THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE…

The Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education anticipated making up to 83 awards in the new $15 million solicitation for Community Technology Centers. The purpose of the Community Technology Centers program is…

The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has released its annual progress report on education, The Condition of Education 2002, presenting 44 indicators on the conditions and trends in elementary, secondary…

Most people see a tidy stretch of landscaping newly planted in the long concrete planters flanking the south entrance to Flathead High School. Lori Ortley sees an outdoor native plant laboratory. By Candace Chase The…

Two years ago, Fadwa Bouachrine and Lisa Breitenfeldt lived in worlds apart. Bouachrine was studying engineering and software management at Morocco’s Al-Akhawayn University, while Breitenfeldt was building Web sites for Spokane clients. Don Adair Special…

Here are the classes and events available in Montana for 2002. C&I 495/595.1 – Introduction to ESRI’s ArcView GIS 3.x: "The Power of Desktop Geospatial Analysis" http://www.eoscenter.com ESRI’s ArcView GIS software is the most popular…

After a 31-year career in the U.S. Air Force that included service in the Pentagon, Col. Joseph B. Michels is returning home to the West. He’ll become dean of the Montana State University-Billings College of…

Janunita Sauceda, a migrant farmworker in California’s San Joaquin Valley, ran the cotton gin from sunset to sunrise. Because she worked the night shift, she was having a hard time caring for her teen-age daughter….

A lesson from Queen Victoria to the Commonwealth Children in Arbour Vale School in Slough, Berkshire, are used to travelling the world for lessons. BBC News In a week, they might make trips to Finland,…

Widespread layoffs and a slack economy have employers breathing easier about the labor shortage that prevailed in recent years. But that isn’t likely to last for long. By JEFF BAILEY Staff Reporter of THE WALL…