Education

Local News

Fort Lewis College enrollment rises 4%

American students comprise 45% of student body

September 28, 2020

Local News

Durango School District 9-R bond passage would fund charter schools

approves $2.5M each for Animas High, Mountain Middle, The Juniper School

September 27, 2020

Local News

Frustrated and overworked: Durango teachers speak out

Educators befuddled by learning management system, multiple lesson models

September 27, 2020

Local News

Durango School District 9-R enrollment down 96 students

predictions had forecast a loss of 200 pupils

September 24, 2020

Local News

Where will the money go if voters approve Durango School District’s bonds?

board hears priorities for $90M request

September 23, 2020

Local News

Animas Valley Elementary cohort will return to classes

prove negative for individual suspected of suffering from COVID-19

September 16, 2020

Local News

Durango High School suspected COVID-19 case proves negative

69 students will return to in-person classes Friday

September 10, 2020

Local News

Free, reduced meals extended at all schools

Students eligible through December

September 9, 2020

Local News

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe student gives powerful argument for school on reservation

Kwiyagat Community Academy holds community meeting

September 9, 2020

Local News

Common Grounds Cafe helps special education students build work skills

Program provides hands-on learning at Durango Public Library

September 8, 2020

Local News

$2M in relief money to boost internet access for rural Coloradans

Broadband lacking in many communities

September 6, 2020

Local News

Will CU be the first in Colorado to defund police?

far, efforts to replace law enforcement with mental health workers have failed

September 5, 2020

Local News

After COVID disruptions, students, parents and teachers return to school

Mother: ‘We know there’s a certain amount of risk we’re assuming’

September 1, 2020

Local News

Juniper School welcomes students to new building

coronavirus pushes along existing plans to offer outdoor classrooms

August 26, 2020

Local News

Straight-A Durango student, who had life interrupted, takes care of unfinished business

Jennifer Gallegos-Bay helped family before returning to school

August 24, 2020

Local News

Montezuma-Cortez schools delay start date

Staffing issues, undecided parents push first day back to Aug. 24

August 14, 2020

Local News

Campus life will look different this year at Fort Lewis College

room shortage will send some students to Durango Downtown Inn

August 9, 2020

Community

Gear lending library up and running in Cortez

looks to parks-type recreation opportunities

August 7, 2020

New Mexico

Navajo Nation moves toward virtual learning

has gone 35 days with fewer than 100 cases

August 5, 2020

Local News

Durango teachers worry about time crunch

say return-to-school tight schedule precludes effective opening

July 30, 2020

Local News

Summer school offers trial run for fall classes in Durango

Students, teachers learn lessons in mask wearing, social distancing

July 25, 2020

New Mexico

Farmington school employee tests positive for coronavirus

Schools prepare to reopen for online and in-person learning

July 22, 2020

Local News

Colorado Department of Education offers school reopening guidance

wants to provide a tool kit of strategies for local districts

July 20, 2020

Local News

Fort Lewis College drops SAT, ACT tests for 2021-22 year

COVID-19 prevented several students from taking assessments

July 20, 2020

Local News

Durango schools prepare to reopen, with à la carte approach

Students will be able to attend in-person, remotely or a mix

July 17, 2020

Local News

‘Word pedometer’ aims to improve language development for children in Southwest Colorado

program pushes parents, caregivers to converse more with toddlers

July 17, 2020

New Mexico

San Juan College plans mix of in-person, online instruction

required on campus

July 15, 2020

Local News

Efforts to improve education in Southwest Colorado just became harder

budget cuts further exacerbate educational gap

July 15, 2020

Local News

Sen. Michael Bennet talks deficit, COVID response and masks in Durango visit

A wasted deficit: Zero percent interest rates should have been used to fix America

July 13, 2020

Local News

Summer reading programs hope to bring normalcy to kids

Durango library offers online platform, curbside pickup

July 4, 2020