AM 1240 KLYQ » teachers http://klyq.com Hamilton's News Talk Leader Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Montana State University Teachers Leave MEA-MFT Teacher's Union http://klyq.com/montana-state-university-teachers-leave-mea-mft-teachers-union/ http://klyq.com/montana-state-university-teachers-leave-mea-mft-teachers-union/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:32:18 +0000 Jon King http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=150413 In a very close 190 to 185 vote, The tenured faculty at Montana State University have decided they no longer want to be represented by MEA-MFT, Montana's combined teachers union

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]]> http://klyq.com/montana-state-university-teachers-leave-mea-mft-teachers-union/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of jimmywayne/Flickr Report Card Time http://klyq.com/report-card-time/ http://klyq.com/report-card-time/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:41:15 +0000 Joy Larson http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=139894 It was report time card last week at my boys’ school. This usually goes pretty well in our house, since two of my boys still are in the grade levels that hand out S, S+, S- and N. My oldest son, however, has been in a grade for the past couple years that doles out A, B, C, D and F.

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]]> http://klyq.com/report-card-time/feed/ 0 Hamilton Schools Schedule Parent Teacher Conferences http://klyq.com/hamilton-schools-schedule-parent-teacher-conferences/ http://klyq.com/hamilton-schools-schedule-parent-teacher-conferences/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:22:09 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=68464 "So, you're the parents of little Jimmy..."

That can be the beginning of an extremely nice conversation or just the opposite at a conference with your child's teacher. Yes, it's that time of year - Parent-Teacher Conferences!

The Hamilton School District has them planned over a two-day period this week and we have the schedule right here for Wednesday, November 14 and Thursday, November 15

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]]> http://klyq.com/hamilton-schools-schedule-parent-teacher-conferences/feed/ 0 Hamilton Middle School. (KLYQ File Photo) $1.25 Million Grant to Fund Environmental Health Education at UM [AUDIO] http://klyq.com/1-25-million-grant-to-fund-environmental-health-education-at-um-audio/ http://klyq.com/1-25-million-grant-to-fund-environmental-health-education-at-um-audio/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:25:59 +0000 Peter Christian http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=103930 The University of Montana's Center for Environmental Health Sciences just received a grant of $1.25 million dollars from the National Institutes of Health to support environmental health education for thousands of middle and high school students in Montana, Idaho and Alaska.

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]]> http://klyq.com/1-25-million-grant-to-fund-environmental-health-education-at-um-audio/feed/ 0 photo courtesy of Salim Virji/flickr.com Are Teachers Overpaid or Underpaid? – Survey http://klyq.com/teachers-overpaid-underpaid-survey/ http://klyq.com/teachers-overpaid-underpaid-survey/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:43:49 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=75243 Although it varies from state to state, the average salary of a public school teacher in the United States is about $50,000 a year. For comparison sake, the average full-time worker in any profession has a median personal income of about $39,000 a year. Are teachers getting the better end of the stick?

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