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How a second language can boost the brain

Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age.

Video: 3D images of over 13,000 museum specimens now free to everyone

More than a research project, oVert was a collaboration between like-minded specialists across 25 institutions whose sole objective was to add value to museum collections by making them more widely available. Importantly, these images provide an insight that would only otherwise be obtained by destructive dissection and tissue sampling.

The Khan Academy – AI for education – How will AI shape the future of education?

Let Khan Academy and our partners—including Code.org, Common Sense Education, aiEDU, and Professors Ethan and Lilach Mollick—be your trusted partners as we navigate this exciting learning journey together! What is generative AI and how does it work? What are some best practices for teaching and learning with generative AI? This course-in-progress answers those questions and many more. Welcome!

K-12 isn’t enough. It’s time for free pre-K to 14.

Movements to guarantee that women and people of color could access public education greatly benefited our democracy. Now it’s time to expand the amount of instruction available for free.

K-12 public school cuts will darken University of Montana and Montana’s future – The State with the Best Education Wins!

Not only do these cuts make it less likely for students to pursue creative careers through the University, they also hurt new graduates’ abilities to find teaching jobs in Montana.

Why Google, General Mills and other companies are ending on-site childcare

America has a legacy of treating childcare far more as a private-market good like a gym membership or pet care than a societal obligation like public school or parks.

What some in Broadwater County, Montana are doing to address lack of childcare

Nearly two-thirds of Montana counties are considered child care deserts, meaning that available childcare meets less than a third of potential demand. Broadwater County, for example, only meets 18% of potential demand.

GFDA Top Ten (+6) for 1-21-24

GFDA has earned the 2024 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, the nation’s leading source for information on nonprofit organizations. We continue to be proud of this mark of distinction, putting us at the top of non-profit transparency.

Lawmakers announce bipartisan agreement to enhance child tax credit

The proposal would help lift nearly 500,000 children out of poverty as lawmakers are poised to enhance the child tax credit.

Montana prepares to launch new education savings accounts

A controversial program approved by lawmakers last year will make state education funding directly available to parents of special needs students.