Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen has released her Montana State of Education report highlighting the status of nearly $600 million in federal COVID aid and how only 15% of it has been spent up to this point.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Provides Update On TEACH Act’s Impact On State Educators
The state education interim committee met Monday to review items of educator recruitment and retainment. During the meeting, Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen also highlighted the recent progress made through the Tomorrow’s Educators Are Coming Home Act that was signed into law one year ago.
Montana OPI To Celebrate Anniversary Of State Constitution
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Montana Constitution Convention Tuesday by highlighting Indian Education for All at the fan window in the Capitol from 11 to 1. It was further codified in Montana code during the 1999 legislative session making Montana a national leader in supporting ...
Montana Working To Increase Teacher Salaries
Montana is ranked among the lowest states for starting salaries with teacher pay of approximately $35,000 annually. The 67th Legislature appropriated $2,492,048 to incentivize and enhance competitive base pay for early-career teachers. Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen has announced the initial data release on the TEACH ACT as...
Superintendent Arntzen Provides Update On ARPA Education Spending
The Legislature’s Education Interim Committee recently met in Helena to provide updates on a number of issues including education tax credits the Montana University System staffing and program spending. On program spending Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen touched on the state’s current status of elementary and secondary schoo...
Superintendent Arntzen Responds To Recent Letter Sent By Montana Educators
In left over business from 2021 last December superintendents at all eight of Montana’s AA public school districts sent a five page letter to state Superintendent Elsie Arntzen expressing no confidence in her performance as Montana’s chief public education officer alleging a host of “deficiencies” at the Office of Public Instruction that they...
State Superintendent Responds To Public Criticism
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was on Voices of Montana Monday. She responded to recent criticism in a recent letter from school district superintendents and others across the state. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-21_737.mp3
Montana Superintendents Send Letter Of Disapproval To Superintendent of Public Instruction
Superintendents from Montana’s AA schools have sent a letter to Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen expressing their disappointment in her leadership and calling on her to improve the current Office of Public Instruction. Northern News Network’s Eric Young. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-08_637.mp...
New Report Reveals Massive Turnover Rate At Office Of Public Instruction
According to a recent termination report from the Montana Office of Public Instruction, 180 employees have left OPI in the past five years — a turnover rate of nearly 90%. The Montana Free Press Reports 57 staff members left due to “personal reasons,” 45 employees left to pursue other career options, and 38 employees retired since January 2017...
Two Montana Schools Awarded National Recognition
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today recognized 325 schools as National Blue-Ribbon Schools for 2021 including Ridge View Elementary School in Belgrade and Cascade Elementary School in Cascade. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Now in...