education

This week, I had a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to discuss national responses to the COVID-19 outbreak and how the U.S. Department of Education can assist Montana schools.

A teacher in Florida was fired for giving some students a zero for not turning in their assignment.

People should be outraged that only 32% of the kids taking the ACT test have a score high enough to get them into a state college.

Another problem with student loans is the choice of college

There was an article in the paper today describing some of the problems that kindergartner teachers have to deal with at the start of each year.

A new report from 24/7 Wall St. listed the following thirteen states in America that had "booming" real personal income per capita over the past decade.

Remember when you thought you would never need to use any of that geometry in real life? Well, here's an every day situation where (what should be) basic math can tell you which is the better deal: Two 12" pizzas or One 18" pizza?

I knew I wasn't alone! According to Pew research, it looks like the number one reason people use Youtube is to learn new things. I spend more time than I care to admit on Youtube, but I'm not just watching cat videos, I'm learning how to do things like forging, woodwork, electronics…

This Saturday, October 20th is City College Day at M.S.U.B. from 10am-1pm. Faculty and staff will be on hand to give campus tours, discuss career opportunities & financial aid and more

a 52-year-old woman named Diane Tirado, in Florida who was allegedly fired for giving out zeroes to kids who don't turn in their homework seems outrageous to me. Apparently the school has a policy that you can't issue grades below 50%. Which means the grades are ACTUALLY 0-50% instead of 0…

Some people think that reading is an outmoded hobby, but there are still millions of people, young and old, who love the feel of a good old fashioned book in their hand. Not only are people who read regularly proven to be more intelligent, but reading is believed to exercise a different part of your…

Back when I was a kid, a couple of people had the idea to help teach kids about multiplication. They thought, if they wrote some catchy tunes about it, kids would learn. It worked.
Bob Dorough has passed away at 94. He wrote all and sang most of the original songs...