Education forum will tackle tough Montana issues

A downward trend in state funding for public schools, the growing teacher shortage and the mountain of debt accrued each year by Montana college students are just a few of the issues that will be tackled Thursday night in Havre.

Slated for 7 p.m. at the Havre Middle School assembly room, the Stand Up For Education community forum will explore the problems of and hopefully solutions to education funding.

Stand Up for Education is a new statewide coalition that includes groups like the Montana Parent-Teacher Association, the Montana School Boards Association and the Montana State University Alum...