Education

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School district ends rolling bus route cancellations

Durango 9-R fills driver vacancies

February 26, 2016

Education

Durango Arts Center docents teach love of art to all ages

Gallery etiquette, art vocabulary part of lessons

February 23, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

San Juan BOCES will host the 58th annual San Juan Basin Regional Science Fair on March 3 at the La…

February 23, 2016

Education

Alternative programs proposed for Bayfield High School

Wolverine Academy would be alternative high school

February 23, 2016

Education

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Carly Pierson and Hannah Robertson of Durango and Henry Walter of Bayfield have been named to 2015 Fall semester dean’s…

February 20, 2016

Local News

Grants help expand child care in Southwest Colorado

Employee shortage remains a challenge

February 20, 2016

Local News

Fort Lewis College is accredited through 2025

Two-year process explored quality of education, student aid available

February 19, 2016

Local News

Fort Lewis College’s new hall to mix high-tech labs and beauty

Everything a budding scientist could want

February 16, 2016

Education

Noise distracts kids from learning

A toddler participates in a speech perception experiment in a laboratory at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,…

February 16, 2016

Education

Open-source textbooks could be game changers College students may reduce costs considerably

The standard textbook for Edward Neth’s class at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. An open-source…

February 16, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

At Mountain Middle School, enrollment for next year’s sixth, seventh and eighth grades is open through Feb. 29. The lottery…

February 16, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

Evan Schertz, 2015 Durango High School graduate, has been named to the dean’s list for his academic achievement at Colorado…

February 12, 2016

Education

At Durango High School, budding business moguls off to state competition

program develops leadership, analysis know-how in real-world setting

February 9, 2016

Durango School News

Social media harms real talk about 9-R budget

People communicated face to face or over the phone. In today’s fast-paced information superhighway, discourse and dialogue often gets lost…

February 9, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

The Business Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday followed…

February 9, 2016

Local News

Proposal to fund full-day kindergarten advances in state House Education Committee

Similar proposal dies in different Republican-led committee

February 8, 2016

Education

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In a ceremony on Dec, 19, 2015, more than 200 Fort Lewis College graduates and their families packed Whalen Gymnasium…

February 5, 2016

Local News

Animas High discusses inclusion in 9-R mill levy

‘People don’t believe we’re a public school, but we are’

February 3, 2016

Education

Administration gives states ways to cut student testing

The Education Department released guidance Tuesday to states and local school districts outlining different ways they can use existing federal…

February 2, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

The public is invited to meet Shelby Tisdale, the new director of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis…

February 2, 2016

Local News

Durango educators make plea for kindergarten funding

Full-day option helps close achievement gaps, teacher says

February 1, 2016

Local News

Ignacio schools work to help special needs students

Individualized reading comprehension lessons offered; costs prove challenging

January 31, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

Anthony Charles Pappas of Durango has been named to the 2015 Fall Semester dean’s list at Norwich University. Keith Wickmann…

January 29, 2016

Education

The debate over scope of sex education is raging on

Conservative values confront effort to provide students with reliable information

January 26, 2016