Education

A district court judge Monday gave preliminary approval to a settlement about Montana’s Indigenous education programs. If approved, schools could be held more accountable for how they include the programs in their curriculum.

A school in Beaverhead County is trying to keep its doors open because the county is struggling to pull in enough tax dollars. Part of the reason the county doesn’t have enough money in its coffers is because the federal government stopped paying its full tax bill on public lands.

From special education programs to building renovations, commissioners approved a package of recommendations they believe will help patch holes in Montana’s public education system; chief of which is a plan to simplify the schools budget.

Two years after former state Superintendent Elsie Arntzen switched Montana’s statewide student exam to a controversial new model, education officials have finally given it the green light — with some strings attached.

Leaders of Montana’s tribal colleges say they’re working to diversify their finances as federal support remains uncertain.

A potential plan for bolstering state support for school safety is taking shape ahead of the next legislative session.

When schools close for summer break, kids can lose the mental health support they rely on. A new collaboration in Missoula is aiming to close that gap.

5,700 miles and an entire ocean separate Helena High School from its “sister school” in southern Japan. But, the two became a little closer in a special ceremony this June.

The University of Montana this past semester terminated one of its oldest graduate programs — a master’s degree in literature. The English department, students and UM faculty pushed back to no avail. Administrators say they had to make hard choices for the university’s future. But those choices have left some students wondering if they were heard at all.

Montana’s labor department projects a need to fill more than 4,000 jobs in education and childcare each year, mostly due to workers leaving the industry.