teachers

The Office of Public Instruction bungled a key program to boost starting teacher pay, and the number of districts using it recently fell by nearly half, according to a report Thursday to a legislative committee.

Teachers in the Grand Canyon State face the second-worst pay gap in the country, earning a third less than other college-educated employees.

Eddie McClafferty writes, "I know some of those who are trying to push their agenda prefer us not to teach anything that may include the word “sex.” But let’s face it, folks, when we teach biology, we talk about the reproductive systems."

A bill that would expand a program aimed at addressing Montana’s teacher shortage by offering student loan help to incentivize new teachers to take open positions in hardest-hit schools is one step closer to becoming law.