Education

Durango school district gets $1.1 million for school safety

State grant will help with staff training, security at buildings

Full-day kindergarten funding advances in state Legislature

Senate committee approves $185 million spending proposal

Preschool in the woods: Rope, compasses and binoculars will be required

Durango School District to offer outdoor classroom next year

Tax windfall will benefit Colorado schools, especially rural ones

Money not part of budget passed last week

Animas High School music students receive $1,500 in new gear

Foundation donates instruments

Cortez Middle School to perform ‘The Miracle Worker’

Theater department takes on Helen Keller historical fiction

Dolores school board selects superintendent from Creede

Elisabeth Richard joins RE-4A from Creede district

It’s careers à la carte for eighth-graders at Cortez Middle School

Students learn about different jobs from community professionals

Cortez Middle School performs ‘The Miracle Worker’

Theater department takes on Helen Keller historical fiction

Mancos school board sets next year’s calendar

Spring break moved up a week in line with Fort Lewis, PCC schedules

Dolores superintendent candidates undergo interviews

Final interview rounds and decision set for this week

District 9-R: No intentional foul in balloon game; it was a bad call

Administration says pep rallies should help meet educational mission

‘Horny’ box spreads sexual education across Fort Lewis College

Peer education tool offers nonjudgmental answers

Health may improve as regional poverty rates fall

La Plata County ranks 16th for health, Montezuma is 50th

Durango superintendent confronts controversies in student newspaper

Dan Snowberger repeats incorrect information, takes jabs at local media

Dolores principal resigns, cites new opportunities

Livick plans time with family, applauds students’ achievements

Kansas State to lower tuition for students in 5 states

The Manhattan Mercury reports that the Kansas Board of Regents agreed this week to allow new students from Arkansas, California, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas to begin paying less in fall…

Gov. Jared Polis says funds identified for full-day kindergarten

Budget committee sets aside $185 million for governor’s request

Number of homeless students nearly doubles in Durango schools

High cost of housing, better tracking mechanisms may explain rise

Durango School District 9-R looks at tight budget for 2019-20

Employees also share struggles with higher health premiums

Fort Lewis College student proposes simple change to increase recycling

Eliminating stand-alone trash cans changes behavior

Schools rethink discipline, with focus on learning and empathy

Restorative practice emphasizes healthy relationships, breaking cycles of misbehavior

Balloon game played at Durango High School pep rally raises concerns

To some people, activity was indicative of ‘normalizing’ rape culture

Photos: Students showcase their knowledge on National History Day

Final Dolores superintendent candidates selected

Board expects finalist to be chosen in two weeks

9-R dinner for business leaders puts focus on career education

Information about technical education will be provided

Irene Barry knew what to do when a gunman entered her school

Aztec teacher says active-shooter training needed in face of national crisis

Youth screened regularly for vision, hearing. What about mental health?

A record number of Coloradans died by suicide in 2017

Animas High School co-founder honored in Denver

Jesse Hutt named Charter School Advocate of the Year

Suicide survivor finds healing in art at Ignacio community center

‘It’s a safe place to talk. It’s a safe place to create’