As falls Central Falls, so fall we all? In a bizarre move, the superintendent of a low-income, low-performing high school in Rhode Island decides the answer to the school's problems is to fire the teachers. All of them. Even though the school had made significant progress. Read more. And please consider signing the petition in support of Central Falls teachers.

Great Falls teachers 'take one.' With support from MEA-MFT and its Montana Professional Teaching Foundation, 18 Great Falls teachers are pioneering a new approach to National Board Certification. Read more.

Student loan forgiveness: Need help paying your student loan? Many Montana teachers and licensed professionals may qualify for loan assistance programs. Learn more.

Haiti: helping students understand. A wide variety of resources, plus how to help Haitians.

MEA-MFT member Anne Keith is named as 2010 Montana Teacher of the Year!

Race to the Top? MEA-MFT and other education leaders have serious misgivings about the Obama Administration's proposed grant guideslines.

Presidential Awards for Math & Science (and other awards)

PASS for paras
MEA-MFT's acclaimed course to help Montana paraprofessionals meet the "high quality" definition in the No Child Left Behind Act

H1N1: Talking with children about "swine flu" - from NEA Health Information Network. And more resources on H1N1.

 Professional development, conferences, grants, awards, teaching tips, curriculum, & resources for educators Free teaching resources, fellowships, National Board Certification scholarships, workshops, grant information, teaching abroad opportunities, and much more. Check often!

National Board Certification Scholarships available for 2009-10

NEW! Substitute teachers in Montana are now eligible for MEA-MFT membership! Click here for a membership form.

College shopping? Check out YOUniversityTV, a new web site that allows its users to visit more than 400 top four-year colleges across the U.S.

Especially for new teachers
MEA-MFT's New Teacher ASSIST

Stimulus money for education: How President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding can benefit education programs. (A resource from the National Head Start Association.)

Listen to Schoolhouse Talk
A new kind of talk radio show.

Want to start a mentoring program? Here's how.

ARCHIVES (Not-so-old K-12 news stories)

Congratulations, Anaconda Teachers' Union! Strike averted. Fairness protected.

Sheri Postma honored as 2009 ESP of the Year

VICTORY! - MEA-MFT stops SB 484, an insidious bill that attacked public employees' retirement.

2009 Montana Legislature
Fate of bills important to k-12 schools, teachers, and support staff

Highly Qualified Teacher news
What it means for you

 Montana Professional Teaching Foundation
Karen Cox grants, National Board scholarships, and more

2009 Montana Teacher of the Year chosen
Sally Broughton of Bozeman is Teacher of the Year, Great Falls and Cascade teachers are finalists.

Explaining No Child Left Behind and "AYP"
Many Montana parents are understandably concerned to learn that their children's school "missed AYP" (Adequate Yearly Progress). You can help them understand why AYP paints a false picture.

 Montana Salary Book 2008-09
How do your salaries compare?

Teachers required to report child abuse and neglect

 Victory in Bonner
Landmark case brought about by MEA-MFT means administrators can't transfer teachers against their will without a mutually agreed-upon process

 It's your right!
Don't let anyone tell you that you can't attend the MEA-MFT Educators' Conference. It's your right!

Network for Montana school librarians

  The case for voluntary full-time kindergarten
MEA-MFT thinks it should be an opportunity available to all Montana children. And now it is! This is a huge victory.

  MEA-MFT '07 legislative voting record
The good, the bad, the ugly

  Not on the test
NPR Morning Edition featured this lullaby sung by Tom Chapin for students stressed out about standardized testing. This year Congress is scheduled to reauthorize ESEA (NCLB). Learn more about this federal education law and NEA's recommendations on how to make the law better.

  MEA-MFT members lead Board of Public Ed
Patty Myers and Angela Mclean have been elected chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Montana Board of Public Education.

  Free and low cost health insurance for Montana kids
Please make sure parents know!

 2008 Montana Education Support Professional of the Year
Dee Neiter of Billings

 2008 Montana Teacher of the Year
Steve Gardiner of Billings

  "Those Kids Today"
MEA-MFT teams up with Montana Magazine to spotlight public school teachers and students.

  Is your science lab safe?
Outdated chemicals pose serious safety threat

 Rewarding kids for kindess
Kind Acts Foundation