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State auditor approves new school health trust with at least 150 school districts on board

There’s a new school health insurance option on the block, and so far, more than 150 districts across Montana have signed up to make the switch. State Auditor James Brown on Tuesday announced he approved the new Bridged Health Alliance Trust after ensuring it met the statutory requirements of

Lone Rock School closure to continue through Thursday after water main break

Lone Rock School District said the school will continue to be closed through Thursday, March 5, while they work on repairing a broken water main. The district said the final steps to having a "functional water system" will be completed Thursday and Friday. Parent teacher conferences and the

Recent must-read education stories you may have missed in the Bitterroot

While we didn’t get much snow this February, there was a wintery mix of education stories from Missoula to the Bitterroot. Here are some recent articles worth revisitng: Hamilton, Stevi and Lone Rock School boards place tech levy on May ballot The school election ballot is starting to take

Montana education savings accounts available for existing families until end of school year

About 50 families who have utilized a program reimbursing parents of special needs kids for educating them outside of the public school system will be able to use said funding through the end of the school year. That’s according to a February court order that was filed after legal

Education Savings Accounts to continue through the end of the year

Lone Rock School extends closure from water leak to Wednesday

Lone Rock School District extended it's closure to Wednesday, March 4, because the water main is still broken. The district announced Monday the school would need to be closed Tuesday because of the discovered break, but the district said the repair is now scheduled for Wednesday. Even though

A 'seismic shift': How AI is impacting teaching and learning at UM

At an artificial intelligence symposium last month on campus, Tammi Fladager, University of Montana student and a commissioner for Daniels County (population 1,600 people), cracked a joke to show the juxtaposition between Montana’s old frontier and technology’s new frontier. “In my county ... people think that AI is