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Fort Lewis College enrollment rises 4%
Native American students comprise 45% of student body
Education
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Durango School District 9-R bond passage would fund charter schools
Board approves $2.5M each for Animas High, Mountain Middle, The Juniper School
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Frustrated and overworked: Durango teachers speak out
Educators befuddled by learning management system, multiple lesson models
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Durango School District 9-R enrollment down 96 students
Budget predictions had forecast a loss of 200 pupils
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Where will the money go if voters approve Durango School District’s bonds?
School board hears priorities for $90M request
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Animas Valley Elementary cohort will return to classes
Tests prove negative for individual suspected of suffering from COVID-19
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Durango High School suspected COVID-19 case proves negative
69 students will return to in-person classes Friday
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Ute Mountain Ute Tribe student gives powerful argument for school on reservation
Kwiyagat Community Academy holds community meeting
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Common Grounds Cafe helps special education students build work skills
Program provides hands-on learning at Durango Public Library
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$2M in relief money to boost internet access for rural Coloradans
Broadband lacking in many communities
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Will CU be the first in Colorado to defund police?
So far, efforts to replace law enforcement with mental health workers have failed
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After COVID disruptions, students, parents and teachers return to school
Mother: ‘We know there’s a certain amount of risk we’re assuming’
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Juniper School welcomes students to new building
Novel coronavirus pushes along existing plans to offer outdoor classrooms
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Straight-A Durango student, who had life interrupted, takes care of unfinished business
Jennifer Gallegos-Bay helped family before returning to school
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Montezuma-Cortez schools delay start date
Staffing issues, undecided parents push first day back to Aug. 24
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Campus life will look different this year at Fort Lewis College
Dorm room shortage will send some students to Durango Downtown Inn
Community
Gear lending library up and running in Cortez
SCYC looks to parks-type recreation opportunities
New Mexico
Navajo Nation moves toward virtual learning
Tribe has gone 35 days with fewer than 100 cases
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Durango teachers worry about time crunch
Some say return-to-school tight schedule precludes effective opening
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Summer school offers trial run for fall classes in Durango
Students, teachers learn lessons in mask wearing, social distancing
New Mexico
Farmington school employee tests positive for coronavirus
Schools prepare to reopen for online and in-person learning
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Colorado Department of Education offers school reopening guidance
State wants to provide a tool kit of strategies for local districts
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Fort Lewis College drops SAT, ACT tests for 2021-22 year
COVID-19 prevented several students from taking assessments
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Durango schools prepare to reopen, with à la carte approach
Students will be able to attend in-person, remotely or a mix
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‘Word pedometer’ aims to improve language development for children in Southwest Colorado
LENA program pushes parents, caregivers to converse more with toddlers
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Efforts to improve education in Southwest Colorado just became harder
State budget cuts further exacerbate educational gap
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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
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Summer reading programs hope to bring normalcy to kids
Durango library offers online platform, curbside pickup