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Rep. Daniel Zolnikov, R-Billings, is one of the lawmakers working on bills this legislative session that encourage more career and technical opportunities for high school students. His bill focuses on how data moves through state agencies in order to place high school graduates into the workforce. Photo by Tim Pierce / UM Legislative News Service.
HELENA -- Conrad Superintendent Sharyl Allen said, about two years ago, she received countless letters, phone calls and emails demanding she quit her job.
"We had people calling for my resignation saying how dare I challenge their kids like this."
Parents and community members were protesting a new educational system Conrad High School implemented in the Fall of 2017. Allen calls it proficiency-based or personalized learning.
"Too many kids have their eyes rolled in the back of their heads because we keep teaching them the same stuff or saying 'you all need this,'" she said. "But what we'...