Education

Second annual education fair

The event is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. in the college ballroom. Visitors can learn about diverse curricula, programs…

January 12, 2015

Schools work on food waste

Durango school district making effort to curb students from throwing away uneaten food

January 11, 2015

Big Picture classes to be held Monday at DHS

Matt Ralph of Servpro vacuums one of the rooms inside the building that houses Durango Big Picture High School and…

January 9, 2015

Fast food tied to poor test scores

shows link between eating habits, academic growth

Dream job, nightmare salary

childhood education is degree with lowest lifetime pay

Durango School News

Our changes aim to benefit all students

We have been implementing a consistent strategy to ensure all students have an opportunity for academic and social success in…

Tuition drives revenue at state colleges

Schools collect more from students than governments

Education Briefs

Durango School District 9-R is seeking feedback about options for the 2015-16 academic calendar. While the district can’t accommodate every…

College entices with loan-payment deal

graduation, students making less than $37,000 receive help

December 30, 2014

Education Briefs

Mountain Middle School announces enrollment registration for incoming sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders will be open from Jan. 5 to Feb.…

December 30, 2014

Education Briefs

Columbine Christian School announces that these students exemplified responsibility in December: Cedar Turner, Hudson Gray, Sean Geraghty, Jesse Powers, PJ…

December 23, 2014

Immigrants learn English in tenement

uses novel way to teach language

December 23, 2014

Education Briefs

Bates student Ellen Southworth of Durango, spent the fall 2014 semester studying abroad in France at the Paris College of…

December 19, 2014

The (video) game is on

Colleges embrace e-sports with teams, scholarships

Education Briefs

Title VII Native American Education at Durango School District 9-R will host its Holiday Potluck Feast from 5:30 to 7:30…

Fewer choosing the humanities at FLC

matches CU Boulder; sciences see spike in enrollment

6 years to college degree: Why so long?

Even the government now measures whether students graduate on time if they do it within six years, rather than four.…

Computer science gets big boost

Nation’s largest school districts to offer classes

Education Briefs

Pueblo Community College’s solution for meeting skilled manufacturing workforce needs in its service areas has earned its selection of finalists…

December 12, 2014

‘Dictionary Santas’ put the mista in mistletoe

Going back to at least 2006, the Rotary Club of Durango, High Noon Rotary and Durango Daybreak Rotary clubs have…

December 11, 2014

Education Briefs

Animas High School will host these events: Hannah Starbuck’s discrete math and precalculus students will share their research about mathematicians…

December 9, 2014

DHS thespians star at state conference

11 ‘Les Miserables’ participants earn spots at national competition

December 9, 2014