Education

Education Briefs

The Durango Education Center will offer summer science classes for the GED program. This four-week session will focus on passing…

June 2, 2015

For women’s college, a transgender puzzle

Barnard considers admissions policy

June 2, 2015

Education Briefs

Andrew Alan Wilson earned a Bachelor of Science with a degree in electrical engineering from Colorado School of Mines during…

May 29, 2015

Can boarding schools help public education?

The SEED Public Charter School of Washington, a public boarding school for poor and academically at-risk students, puts round-the-clock attention…

Education Briefs

The fifth annual “Community Challenge: Meeting the Needs of Seniors, Providers and Caregivers” will take place from 8 a.m. to…

Family stress thwarts students

teachers rank impediments to classroom success

U.S. middle school children test very poorly in civics

The Washington Monument is one of the prominent symbols of democracy in Washington, D.C. In 2014, only about a quarter…

Breakfast-table divide

districts, parents at odds over meals in classroom

Riverview students take second at international contest

Destination Imagination team earns second at global finals

Education briefs

These Durango High School students received Team Academic Nominations for the Les Schwab Academic Team Championship Award for Spring 2014-2015:…

May 22, 2015

Regional News

Colorado, others shrink student testing

move to reduce time spent on Common Core-based exams

May 21, 2015

Student-testing bill gets guv’s signature

Hickenlooper signs measure reducing assessments

May 20, 2015

Kids’ brain sizes linked to income level

Researchers look for roots of achievement gap

May 19, 2015

Consumer agency opens inquiry on student loan services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened a public inquiry Thursday into student loan servicing practices that it says can make…

May 19, 2015

Education Briefs

ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is looking for local families to host boys and girls ages 15 to 18 from…

May 19, 2015

Powerhouse president steps down

Finances force board to close science center

May 13, 2015

Education Briefs

Students in the Ignacio High School Choices class presented their skills in dialectical behavior therapy at the class’s final equine…

The magic of animation

Students learn skills of craft from former Pixar animator

Common Core testing exposes tech divide

So when it came time to administer the new Common Core-aligned tests online, the district of 240 students in a…

Durango School News

District to share challenges of school funding

Durango School District has faced years of cuts in staff and programs because of this funding crisis. Last year, we…

Education Briefs

Lewis Kyle Lewis, son of Darrell and Allyn (Surdey) Lewis, graduated from Fort Lewis College on May 2 with Summa…

May 8, 2015

Eighth-graders prepare for higher education

Furyu Nancy Schroeder, a Zen Buddhist priest from Green Gulch Farm Zen Center near Muir Beach, California, delivered the keynote…

May 7, 2015