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Teacher shortages are real, but not for the reason you heard

The pandemic kicked off the largest drop in education employment ever.

21 Charts That Explain How America Is Failing Schools

As conceived by America’s founding fathers, public education was supposed to bind together a nation of immigrants from disparate classes. But public schools today are at the center of controversy, over curricula, security protocols, mask mandates, and more. As of June, only 29% of Americans—and just 14% of Republicans—put their trust in them, the lowest level since Gallup began asking the question in 1973.

New Broadband Maps are Coming. Will Agriculture Be Left Behind Again? 

A new federal broadband map is on the way and is supposed to include a list of all buildings that could benefit from broadband access. But a recent change calls into question whether agricultural structures will be included in that list.   

As countries (and states) try to attract digital nomads, locals say ‘not so fast’

Digital nomad culture is clashing with local culture.

SBIR National Conference, M2M Innovation Summit, Regional Events – September news from MTIP

The SBIR/STTR Fall conference, co-located with the DefenseTechConnect in National Harbor, Maryland, will be held September 26 – 29, 2022.  Ann Peterson will be attending and a guest panelist in the SBIR Innovation Conference line up.

ZerotoFive Montana – Child Care Innovations Webinar Series: Head Start as a Partner

Join us and our special guests, Kathy Rich with the Montana Head Start Collaboration Office and Karen Filipovich with the Montana Head Start Association, to learn more about Head Start and some of the innovative community solutions that exist around the state. 

New co-work space Rock31 opens its doors in Downtown Billings

Steve Arveshcoug, Executive Director of Big Sky Economic Development says Rock31 allows entrepreneurs connection with other business-minded individuals to encourage one another, and come up with new ideas… 

Montana Federation of Public Employees, others also object to elimination of ‘trauma’ from educator standards

“I advocated for the inclusion of the words ‘well-being’ instead of ‘health’ because I wanted the focus to be on the whole child,” said Schoening, who served on a committee that worked on the language; she’s now head of graduate studies in education at Whitworth University in Spokane. “There was never a discussion about removal of ‘trauma-informed.’ As educators, we all need to be looking through that lens.”

Montana community members invited to participate in Reimagining Rural program – 9/8 – 9/22 – 10/6 – Online

The Reimagining Rural virtual gathering includes three statewide sessions, which are broadcast via Zoom to groups gathered in-person in participating towns. Following each session’s speakers, local groups will have a facilitated conversation about how new ideas might work in their communities.

Montana community members invited to participate in Reimagining Rural program – 9/8 – 9/22 – 10/6 – Online

The Reimagining Rural virtual gathering includes three statewide sessions, which are broadcast via Zoom to groups gathered in-person in participating towns. Following each session’s speakers, local groups will have a facilitated conversation about how new ideas might work in their communities.

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