Montana Education/Business Partnerships

There’s much going wrong in the land of silicon and software. But there’s one important thing going right. Andrea Summers’s first few months teaching at Costano Elementary School were terrible. The children were wild. Vandalism…

That a statewide group has emerged to support and promote higher education is welcome news. That it is being launched by Ian Davidson, chairman of the Davidson Cos., is encouraging. His name and the word…

ST. LOUIS — Centrail Boyd can’t get excited about his biology class. But when the talk turns to plumbing, the 16-year-old is all grins. He can describe with his hands which pipe goes where, though…

To help keep Montanans working in Montana, the University of Montana will be hosting a health care forum at the end of the month. The first-ever event intends to bring together educators, health-care providers and…

Cash-flow diagrams and debt-over-equity ratios were scrawled across the whiteboard in the brand new conference room at Atlantic Millwrights, a family-run business that has been installing and servicing industrial machinery in East Coast factories for…

Billings’ business and education communities moved a step closer to meeting each others’ needs Wednesday with the launch of the Greater Yellowstone Business and Education Council. The group aims to help employers meet their needs…

Seed capital targets schools in Colorado and across the nation The bleak economy makes Chad Brownstein smile. By Jennifer Beauprez Denver Post Business Writer A partner with Los Angeles-based ITU Ventures, Brownstein has been spending…

OAKLAND — Caltrans is accepting applications for its Summer Engineering Institute, a free, two-week seminar for high school sophomores and juniors who are interested in engineering careers. FROM STAFF REPORTS Bob Haus, the agency’s public…

Do you know a high school or college student who wants to start a business? Does our education system give that young woman or man an opportunity to learn what it takes to start and…

New Jersey’s economy outperformed most other states during the 1990s, based on factors such as average wages and worker productivity, but the state risks losing ground unless industries here strive for constant innovation, a leading…