Montana Education Excellence

John Cech, dean of the College of Technology, said the mobile lab will broaden the COT’s opportunities for work force training and provide opportunities for partnerships with educational institutions and industry statewide. The mobile lab also will be available for training demonstrations at K-12 schools.

State leaders will develop and implement policy changes that promote productivity in higher education through cost-saving strategies for delivering high-quality education to greater numbers of students.

State Superintendent Linda McCullouch says the money from the state trust lands provide the fundamental building block of the public schools, making up more than 7% of the state’s school funding.

Taught by John Vollertsen, an Assiniboine tribal member and veteran MSU instructor, the American Indian Studies for Educators course is designed primarily for students in teacher licensure and/or education programs.

Their project was one of many student innovations displayed Thursday at MSU’s Engineering Design Fair in the Strand Union Building.

"By providing our students with a variety of experiential learning opportunities, we help them develop both the confidence and competence necessary to successfully manage and compete in the business world."

Access to Success, a joint effort between the district and the University of Montana-Helena, will begin in January with 16 to 20 students at UM-Helena.

"Our students work hard to achieve excellence and meet their goals," UM President George Dennison said. "We have an obligation to make sure that today’s economic slowdown doesn’t slow down our students."

A Helena judge decided Tuesday to reject arguments from school groups that claimed the state isn’t adequately funding schools.

The goal of the WfS is to install 15 small energy systems at rural schools in both Montana and Idaho between 2008 and 2010. Stanford’s system is one of four already in place; others have been installed in Cascade, Fairfield, and Livingston.