Education

A landmark that's welcomed visitors from across the world is about to go through its biggest changes in years, right as the team behind it walks out the door.

"According to the 2024 Nation’s Report Card, Montana’s students performed better than the national average but their grades have fallen in several areas over the past 25 years—specifically, in reading and math."

Some of the best teacher hacks from TikTok that'll have any educator acing back-to-school season.

We caught up with some great farmers and ranchers at the Farm Expo in Plentywood. Then, on the drive back from Plentywood- Montana's Superintendent of Public Instruction told us about being in the room at the White House as President Trump signed a new executive order to help Montana schools.

If there's one thing that has seemed to unite teachers on the Left, Right, and in the middle- it is the unfunded mandates targeting our teachers from Washington, D.C. over the years. That's why Montana's Superintendent of Public Instruction says it is so important that power is returned to the states.

Attention Montana patriots- if you want to sink your claws into the painting above AND help the Polson schools...here you go.

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Susie Hedalen writes, "Together, we can bring Montana education back to the tried-and-true basics, creating a robust and thriving educational system that prepares our students for a bright future."

Gov. Gianforte dropped by our studios and joined us on our statewide radio talk show to tout some of what he sees as the greatest accomplishments promoting education.

The bill would put reading intervention programs in place for students who need it. The programs would give districts more tools and money to teach kids how to read.