News Brief

01/18/13

Montana Digital Academy Picking Up Steam

Billings Gazette (MT) (01/18/13) Rogers, Rob

The Montana Digital Academy (MTDA) was created by the state legislature three years ago to be an online learning tool for the state's far-flung high school students. Almost any class is available on MTDA, ranging from remedial math and English courses to language, honors, Advanced Placement, and dual credit classes, such as Latin and oceanography. In a state where most students live in rural areas, MTDA has become a way to make the same education available to all. For that reason, Montana Superintendent of Schools Denise Juneau is requesting that Gov. Steve Bullock allocate $1.5 million for MTDA in the budget. MTDA is free for all high schoolers in the state, and Juneau wants to keep it that way. "MTDA is awesome. I credit the Legislature. It was a visionary thing for them to be able to see down the road," she says.

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