Montana Education Excellence

Participants rotate through four, forty minute interactive sessions during the day. This is a tremendous opportunity to expose young women to many exciting math and science careers and encourage them to pursue math and science courses in high school and college.

Taxpayers whose income is $50,000 or less are eligible for the assistance.

"Across the state, educators are helping students experience success in advance placement and we are seeing results. We have made significant progress in making AP available to more students but still have work to do to close the achievement gap. We want our students to be successful when they leave high school and AP classes contribute to their success," said Superintendent Juneau.

“We didn’t start with great teams,” said coach Matt Stergios, who took over the team in 1981. “But we built the program and now it’s something that people want to be part of. The expectation is that we’re going to have a great team and we’re going to win.”

The in-state rate would apply to students from Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Saskatchewan. The plan is called “Grow Eastern Montana” and covers an area of 147,000 square miles.

The courses are entirely Web-based with comprehensive lessons, quizzes and assignments. A dedicated professional instructor facilitates every course to pace learners, answer questions, give feedback and facilitate discussions.

“It’s a good idea for anybody who has any trouble at regular high school.”

It behooves all of us to remember, as the governor stated during the meeting, Montana depends on robust university research and graduate education programs for its economic and social well being.

Montana was among five states and the District of Columbia,
which received F’s.

As the economy continues to dip, more people of all ages
are making the decision to invest in higher education.