Education

Education Briefs

Riverhouse Children’s Center will host the sixth annual Cheers for Children event to raise money for early childhood education from…

May 5, 2015

Education

Most N.M. teachers effective, better

New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says, “We are getting better and better about what’s happening in our schools.”Susan…

May 5, 2015

Local News

Passing grade for student testing?

lawmakers hopeful they have reached compromise

May 4, 2015

Regional News

Most Colo. students being assessed

Some state lawmakers also took up the call, while parents who gathered at the state Legislature to urge lawmakers to…

May 3, 2015

Local News

Vaccination rules strengthened in Colorado

Parents asked to reaffirm opt-out decision regularly

April 29, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Durango High School graduation will be held at 6 p.m. May 29 at the Durango High School Stadium.Courtesy of Durango…

April 28, 2015

Education

Can public boarding schools solve educational ills?

The SEED Public Charter School of Washington, a public boarding school for poor and academically at-risk students is shown, puts…

April 28, 2015

Education

Racism lingers among college millennials

Despite growing diversity, incidents persist nationwide

April 28, 2015

Local News

What’s that sound?

guitar recital shows off youths

April 26, 2015

Local News

Two student-testing reform measures advance

‘We are reducing testing,’ a Colo. lawmaker says

April 25, 2015

Local News

Governors fear testing reduction

Hickenlooper joins Owens, Romer to raise concerns

April 22, 2015

Education

Opt-out movement accelerates amid Common Core testing

Meredith Barber is with her daughter Gabrielle Schwager, 10, at their home in Penn Valley, Pa. Barber, a psychologist from…

April 21, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

St. Columba School is accepting registration for kindergarten to eighth grade for the 2015-16 school year. For more information, call…

April 21, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

These local students have been recognized as First-Year Scholars for the fall 2014 semester at the University of Northern Colorado…

April 17, 2015

Education

Geography is her game

Riverview student Tea Forrest earns spot in state Geo Bee

April 14, 2015

Education

Colleges spur students’ robotics craze

The University of Michigan started the trend with its Michigan Engineering Zone. The 5,200-square-foot facility in Detroit, filled with two…

April 14, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Bayfield Elementary Primary School, 658 S. East St., will host kindergarten registration May 18 and 19. A child must be…

April 14, 2015

Education

Could code trump French?

Computer science may replace classes in foreign languages

April 14, 2015

Education

Future uncertain, immigrant teachers help others build dreams

Alejandro Fuentes Mena, who settled in the United States illegally as a child, is a Denver elementary school teacher under…

April 14, 2015

Local News

Student-testing measure advances

reform effort faces uphill battle

April 13, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Crawford Dylan Schwantes, from Durango, studying history at Marquette University, traveled to New Orleans over spring break with the Marquette…

April 10, 2015

Local News

At the Capitol, moms decry student testing

call for reforms before session ends

April 9, 2015

Education

Why college tuition is getting more expensive

Campos says it’s because colleges are expanding their administrative staff and paying them big salaries, which drives up costs for…

April 7, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Bayfield Early Education Programs will begin taking applications April 24 for the 2015-16 preschool year. Children must be at least…

April 7, 2015