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A District Court judge has limited the information the Office of Public Instruction can collect before public charter schools open this fall. The City of Kalispell says one of its public water wells exceeds federal standards for PFAS, a family of chemicals that are known to cause cancer and other health issues.
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The number of Montana high school seniors submitting an application for federal student loans is down sharply from last year, according to national data.
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Montana school counselors, teachers and students are suing the state over a law that changed sex education policies. The plaintiffs say the law has a “chilling” effect on discussion of human sexuality in schools.
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Montana State University broke ground Friday on a new nursing school in Missoula.
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Montana’s K-12 schools are making slow progress in their effort to recover from pandemic learning losses.
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A group of public education advocates sued the state’s leader of K-12 schools to prevent what they say is “an additional layer of red tape” to the opening of new public charter schools.
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The federal government is giving out more than $4 billion to lower greenhouse gas emissions. State officials have written a grant proposal that includes funding for energy efficiency in schools. MTPR’s Ellis Juhlin visited one high school that's already done this kind of work.
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More state officials are voicing frustration over what they say are misinterpretations of education laws from Montana’s leader of K-12 schools, Elsie Arntzen.
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A federal court in Idaho has blocked wolf trapping in grizzly bear habitat. New data shows statewide high school graduation rates held steady last school year.
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New statewide data show a dip in public school enrollment for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. State education officials shared more new data this week that show a decline in schools participating in a program intended to improve pay for new teachers.