Education

Park Elementary School to host book fair

All proceeds from the Scholastic Book Fair at the Park Elementary School will benefit the school’s library.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file…

September 20, 2016

Education

Students encouraged to enter Bookmark Contest

In 2015, Rainey Scott, a student at The Liberty School, was named runner-up in the Durango Friends of the Library’s…

September 19, 2016

Education

Literary reading suffers steady decline

Competition from more products and platforms, including video games, movies and the internet, may be driving the decline of literary…

September 15, 2016

Education

Tubman, Madison portrayals coming to AHS

Harriet TubmanLibrary of Congress via AP Becky Stone will also perform as Civil War heroine Harriet Tubman, who helped abolish…

September 13, 2016

Education

Durango adult education receives grant

Graduates of the Durango Adult Education Center line up before their graduation ceremony in 2013.Durango Herald file BOOST helps students…

September 13, 2016

Durango School News

School security practices designed to ensure student safety

It can be disconcerting to recognize that the challenges of society are not kept outside of Durango and La Plata…

September 13, 2016

Education

Animas High School board of directors to meet

Animas High School is at 20091 Highway 160 west.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file This is an open meeting, and the public…

September 13, 2016

Education

Durango High School to celebrate stadium grand opening

Michael Bazan of General Acrylics based in Phoenix uses a roller in the application of artificial turf on the athletic…

September 13, 2016

Education

Animas High’s Back to School Social will be held at Rochester Hotel

The Rochester Hotel is at 726 East Second Ave.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald file Head of School Sean Woytek will give the…

September 13, 2016

Education

Lifelong Learning Series lectures bring the world to you

talk is Thursday at Fort Lewis College

September 13, 2016

Local News

Grand opening set for new online charter school

Students enrolled in Colorado Connections Academy schools receive needed materials from the school.Courtesy Connections Academy file Colorado Connections Academy @…

September 12, 2016

Education

Durango High School seeks donations to Demon Cares

Demon Cares Closet offers clothes, school supplies and toiletries to students.Durango Herald file Community members may donate new or lightly…

September 8, 2016

Education

Seed Studio offers ‘Falling into Art’ workshop

Seed Studio is at the Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave.Durango Herald file The day will include yoga/meditation, exploratory outside…

September 7, 2016

Education

After recession, America’s poor schools fall behind

reflects economic, racial divides

September 6, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

Animas High School will host a parent orientation for all families from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Enrollment for ninth…

September 6, 2016

Education

DHS to host Coffee with the Principal

Durango High School school parents are invited to Coffee with the Principal.Durango Herald file All DHS parents are welcome to…

September 6, 2016

Education

College planning meeting at DHS

Durango High School will host a senior college planning meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.Durango Herald file All senior…

September 6, 2016

Education

Riverview’s Parent Teacher Organization to meet

Riverview Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization will hold its first meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.Durango Herald file All…

September 6, 2016

Education

Fort Lewis Mesa announces sports schedules

Girls on the Run will be held until Nov. 10 at Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School.Durango Herald file For more…

September 6, 2016

Education

Animas High to hold parent orientation Wednesday

Animas High School is at 20091 U.S. Highway 160, west of downtown Durango.Durango Herald file Enrollment for ninth through 11th…

September 6, 2016

Education

1.3 million students in U.S. are homeless

law to expand services for kids without homes

September 5, 2016

Local News

State tests: Math results alarming, 9-R superintendent says

only one indicator of students’ learning

September 1, 2016

Education

ACT scores show many graduates not ready for college-level work

graduates are unprepared for college-level work

August 31, 2016

Local News

Enrollment increases, so do some class sizes

“A couple of class sizes are troubling,” said Dan Snowberger, 9-R superintendent, to the board Wednesday night. “Fort Lewis Mesa…

August 31, 2016

Education

Durango preschool grows the youngest gardeners

Riverhouse adds hands-on lessons about nutrition, growing process

August 30, 2016

Local News

Fort Lewis College admits historic high-achieving Class of 2020

semester began Monday

August 29, 2016

Education

In some U.S. schools, resistance to ending corporal punishment

Kimberly Zacher, right, gave permission for her daughter, Kaley Zacher, to be paddled twice at Southwest Laurents Elementary School. Although…

August 29, 2016

Regional News

Love of science takes Olathe senior to California

‘We sliced and dissected the brains’

August 28, 2016

Regional News

More New Mexico public schools earn ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades

New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says more than 70 percent of principals at previously struggling schools who participated…

August 26, 2016

Education

Low-income kindergartners closing the achievement gap, reversing decades-old trend

Low-income kindergartners are entering school with stronger math and reading skills, narrowing the academic gap with their affluent peers and…

August 25, 2016