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Fort Lewis College: Nonresidents catching up with Coloradans
Native American tuition waiver, distance from Front Range drives growth
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The University of Montana Western in Dillon, Montana, named Kennedy Clark of Durango to the 2015 Fall Semester dean’s list. Students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits…
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Animas High charter in Durango looks at building in Twin Buttes
Board’s decision dependent on development of infrastructure
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Controversial cartoons to launch Life-Long Learning lectures at Fort Lewis College
Life-Long Learning enters 16th year
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How does Durango School District decide to call a snow day?
Officials consult multiple sources before canceling class
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The Durango Education Foundation announces a 25 percent increase this year in its Core Academic Grants budget for programs, materials needs and technology serving Durango School District 9-R students. Grants…
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District invites you to talks about budget
In the meantime, we continue to wrestle with challenging scenarios in public school funding that will require a true partnership with our community. It’s easy to sit back and make…
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Durango charter Juniper School to delay opening a year
Failure to get start-up grant changed financial picture
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Colorado postpones switch to SAT tests to spring 2017
Transition for college entrance exams includes PSAT for 10th-graders
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Districts look to provide teachers housing
In Colorado, effort aims to prevent exodus of educators
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Because of driver shortages, Durango School District 9-R will cancel one bus route per day on a rolling schedule. The current schedule runs through January. Bus Route AV3 will be…
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What’s to come in 2016?
A roundup of La Plata County issues and people to pay attention to this year
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Steven Short reappointed as Fort Lewis College trustee
“Once on the inside, it’s not so simple’
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Enrollment at Mountain Middle School for next year’s sixth, seventh and eighth grades is open from Monday through Feb. 29. The lottery will take place March 2. For more information,…
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Switch to SAT tests catches Durango district by surprise
Colorado juniors to take new test this spring
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Animas High School announces programs: AHS is a tuition-free public charter school that prepares all students for college and post-secondary success by creating critical thinkers and engaged students through an…
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Swift action key to handling racial incidents
Colleges, universities should be prepared to respond right away
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Colorado lawmakers have flexibility with spending
But slowing economy makes for tough budget decisions ahead
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High-speed Internet comes to Silverton School
Fiber-optic line will greatly aid students, superintendent says
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Bayfield School District shocked by low standardized test scores
Superintendent: ‘We own our results’
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Four Corners School of Outdoor Education shows off new discovery center
So in 2002 when the Four Corners School of Outdoor Education began planning for a brick-and-mortar campus to centralize its popular natural-resource education programs, Monticello was a good fit. Thirteen…
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Juniper School in fundraising mode
Durango Herald file photo<br><br>Board members with the Juniper School are raising funds after the charter school did not receive a $200,000 startup grant from the Colorado Department of Education. School…
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High school graduation rate ticks up to 82%
The Education Department said Tuesday that the rate for the 2013-14 school year – up from 81 percent the previous year – was the highest since it started using a…
Education
Cultural divide adds to disparity
In Cortez, 40 percent of Native Americans in special education
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The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County will offer a local Expanding Quality in Infant/Toddler Care Training Program. This 48-hour Colorado Department of Human Services-approved training will begin Jan.…
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Rube Goldberg machines teach lessons in physics
The students borrowed coffeemakers, toasters, waffle irons, pancake griddles and even cereal and milk to create their Rube Goldberg machines – a complex and creative way to achieve simple tasks.…
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Briana Pearse, of Durango, is an admission ambassador for Fort Lewis College for the 2015-16 academic year. Pearse’s current major is biology with a music minor. Admission ambassadors play a…
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President Barack Obama signs education bill to replace No Child Left Behind
Elementary and Secondary Eduction Act to give states louder voice