Montana Education Excellence

Montana students don’t have to go back to school to take advantage of the first statewide digital classroom. The new Montana Digital Academy allows them to sign up and take classes for school credit whenever they want on the Internet.

NTNC will be extended to facilitate local connection sites in Billings, Mills City, and Ronan, Montana. Improved cyber connectivity will be enabled for Montana State University-Billings, Salish Kootenai College (a tribal college), Miles City Community College, and Dawson Community College.

Classes begin next week on Montana’s college campuses, but less than half of the brightest students coming out of Montana’s high schools last spring will be sitting in those classrooms.

"She had a big heart. And she had a soft heart. And she understood, I would say, the ‘alternative student’."

Preparing for college and career needs to start long before high school.

Enrollment is expected to be up at MSU Billings this fall and may hit a record.

A few years ago, science professors at the University of Great Falls decided to overhaul the way students learned so that more students would take additional science classes and consider majoring in biology or chemistry.

The federal “jobs bill” passed this month by Congress allocates $30.7 million for Montana public schools — but it’s uncertain whether or how schools may get the money this year.

Fall courses are now open for enrollment from Wonderlust, a lifelong learning organization affiliated with Montana State University’s Extended University.

Community members ages 50 and older can explore topics ranging from literature, history and music to psychology, philosophy and current events through the courses, taught by dynamic UM and community instructors. Fall courses will be held September through November.