Montana’s new English Language Arts and Literacy Content Standards have been formally adopted by the Montana Board of Public Education! The implementation date is July 2027. This date was selected to allow school districts adequate time to prepare between the implementation of new math and ELA standards. More information about the standards revision process can be found on the OPI’s ELA Standards Revisions Webpage.
Check out the Montana ELA & Literacy Standards Revision Overview one-pager for a brief overview of the revisions, or see the 2027 MT ELA Standards and Coding.
NEH Summer Institutes
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers summer programs with included stipends across the United States for K-12 for professional learning. You can check out the list of programs to learn more and apply. Applications are due March 6.
Montana's ELA Standards: Monthly Implementation Webinars beginning in August!
Join OPI’s free, statewide webinar series designed to support educators in implementing the 2027 Montana English Language Arts and Literacy Content Standards. Sessions will include
- practical guidance
- job-embedded strategies and resources
- tips for alignment with your curriculum
- a community of professionals engaging in shared learning
See the
PDF version of the flier here, which includes a link to the
webinar calendar and topics and the
registration form.
See the Children’s fiction and nonfiction books, poetry books, and verse novels honored at the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention in Denver this November. The awards recognize outstanding literary works for children that set a standard for excellence in the field, and winners are selected by committees of NCTE-appointed teacher experts and authors.
February Hub Course: Preparing Students for the MAST Performance Task
Be on the lookout for a new course on the Learning Hub: Preparing Students for the MAST Performance Task. This course is designed for 3-8 teachers and will guide participants through a review of the rubrics and ELA content standards relevant to the writing assessment, writing strategies to use all year long with your students, and instructional resources and approaches to practice the Performance Task–including exemplars, prompts, and more.
Report: The State of Literature Use in Secondary Classrooms
NCTE recently published a report examining the literature most commonly taught in secondary English classrooms and the factors shaping those choices. The findings shed light on both long-standing patterns and current challenges teachers face in bringing diverse texts to students. You can read
NCTE’s article or
download the full report to learn more about the report and its implications for English instruction.