The rapid growth in and around Bozeman, Mont., threatens the reputation — and sustainability — of its public schools
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Liz Willen Dear reader,
Class sizes that are too large. Budgets that are too small. Staff shortages, crowded school buildings and insufficient resources to help a diverse and growing student body.
Sounds like a typical large urban school district – except this scenario is a new reality ([link removed]) in school districts in and around Bozeman, Montana, where enrollment has swelled by 21 percent over the past decade.
The Hechinger Report’s Neal Morton examined the challenges facing small cities across the West where more Americans are moving in search of new jobs and a potentially better quality of life. There are potential benefits but also considerable costs to schools, particularly in parts of the country that lag in education spending. The piece, which also appeared in The Washington Post, represents the kind of deep reporting we’ve become known for at The Hechinger Report.
Others find us via our newsletters ([link removed]) . In our most recent higher education newsletter, Olivia Sanchez introduces us to new efforts ([link removed]) designed to help parents and students get the information they need to make better choices about colleges and avoid potentially crushing and often hidden debt ([link removed]) – another topic we’ve become experts in. And Jill Barshay, our “Proof Points” columnist, takes us inside the latest ([link removed]) report on grade inflation, at a time of heated debate about the value of test scores and admissions exams.
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The rapid growth in and around Bozeman, Mont., threatens the reputation — and sustainability — of its public schools.
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