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Let’s get education back to basics

by Susie Hedalen
| May 17, 2024 12:00 AM

The Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) recently released Montana’s annual state report card and report cards for individual schools — and the results show a troubling trend. We must take action. We must get education back to basics and improve our students’ foundational skills. 

A majority of students are not proficient in reading, math, or science. Only 46 percent of Montana students are proficient in reading and only 37% in math and science. Meanwhile, we are spending a record $13,000 each year per student on education. 

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