By Governor Steve Bullock:
Last week, as I sent my own kids off to school, I also returned to the classroom—this time with a different purpose. From Browning to Billings, I have spent the past two weeks meeting with students, parents and educators, encouraging them to work hard this school year, and make Montana proud.
My time in Montana’s schools serves as both a refresher of the many good things happening in our public schools, and as a source of inspiration to work with our schools, communities and legislature to further improve our education system.
That inspiration doesn’t come just from visiting a classroom, however. It also comes every time I meet with a businessman or woman. They consistently tell me that the most important thing we can do to improve the economic opportunities for Montanans is to improve our educational opportunities.
We all have an interest in the quality of our educational system. It will take all of us — students, parents, educators, public policy makers and community members — to further improve our schools.