education

A Montana law requiring public schools to notify parents of lessons that mention human sexuality — and allowing parents to pull their children from those lessons — has reached further and been more cumbersome than anticipated.

More than half of Montanans want more tax dollars spent on higher education — and more than 80% see it as a pathway to upward economic mobility and other benefits.

Since Nov. 13 — the day four U of I students were found slain in an off-campus house — the Moscow Police Department has received 78 “calls for unusual circumstances” and 36 requests for welfare checks.

The Montana Board of Public Education plans to keep existing ratios between students and librarians, school counselors and superintendents — contrary to the Office of Public Instruction’s recommendation to eliminate the minimum requirements.

The U of I is trying to mourn, and operate, against the backdrop of an active crime scene. And a homicide investigation that appears at a standstill — based on what police have said publicly, at least.

A federal judge in Texas struck down the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, ruling that the program is unlawful, in a blow to 16 million student debt borrowers already approved for relief.

Cognizant-ATG on Thursday passed a $250,000 check to the University of Montana to boost two programs designed to increase the success of Native American students.

Cognizant-ATG opened its new office building in the Old Sawmill District on Thursday where dignitaries joined Gov. Greg Gianforte and corporate leaders in praising the company's desire to train and hire Montana employees for jobs in the tech industry.

Professor Aaron Thomas received the grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, making UM one of six universities nationally to receive the award – and the only school in Montana.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday questioned the legality of race-conscious policies in college admissions, as the justices weighed two cases that could upend the admissions process many colleges use to try to boost diversity on campus.