Education

University president uses calm approach to tackle challenges

University of New Mexico, President Garnett Stokes, center, speaks with Mary Clark, UNM sustainability manager, before an award presentation at…

October inspections: Cortez schools, Jimmer’s and Blondie’s …

Montezuma-Cortez schools and Blondie’s make the grade

Government questions unfair student loan practices

The headquarters of student loan debt collector Navient Corporation, in Wilmington, Del. One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing…

Limiting screen time for your kid? It’s harder than it looks

Henry Hailey, 10, plays the online game Fortnite in the early morning hours in the basement of his Chicago home.…

Pocket money apps aim to help kids in cashless world

Paddy Kelly and his daughter Ailish use Gohenry, one of a wave of digital banking apps for children, in London.…

Harvard bias suit now in judge’s hands

Rowers paddle down the Charles River past the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. A federal judge in Boston…

‘How can I be effective?’: Teachers suffering after Michael

Regina Ferrell, a fourth-grade teacher in Panama City, standing in front of her damaged condo building in Panama City, Fla.…

9-R to host SEAC meetings

The SEAC will review goals for the year, the Individualized Education Plan and Process and Response to Intervention.

California schools race sets record for most expensive

The California State Superintendent of Public Instruction is a nonpartisan office that is featuring two Democrats vying for the job.…

DHS to host military information night Monday

9-R schools will be closed Oct. 26 and 29

There will be no school on those days.

Parents and Infants Encouragement class available

For scheduling and more information, call Allene Hemingway at 403-3846.

Ready-to-Read program for 4-year-olds to be held

For scheduling and more information, call Allene Hemingway at 403-3846.

Transgender presentation to be held Wednesday

Adrien Lawyer, co-director of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, will help educate the Durango community about transgender people,…

Durango 9-R school board to meet

Durango Elks Lodge accepting scholarship applications

Any high school senior who is a U.S. citizen may apply for the scholarship, and applicants do not need to…

September inspections: Taste of India, Thai Cortez, Absolute Bakery and more

September inspections are in

Todd Bol, founder of Little Free Library book sharing, dies

Todd Bol died Thursday in a Minnesota hospice of complications from pancreatic cancer, said Margret Aldrich, spokeswoman for the nonprofit.…

More colleges allow applicants to self-report test scores

Yale and Quinnipiac universities in Connecticut have joined a growing list of schools that have begun allowing applicants to self-report…

Fort Lewis Mesa announces events

Pumpkins may be purchased from Mrs. Prentice from Oct. 11 to 31 before or after school. Profits from the pumpkins…

Adult ESL, GED classes to begin Oct. 22

Registration fees are $20 for ESL classes and $40 for GED/HSE classes. On-site child care is available for evening classes.…

Escalante Orchestra to perform on Wednesday

The event is free.

University of Denver Master of Social Work available summer 2019

Stipends in child welfare and integrated behavioral health care are available. Native American tuition support to eligible students is also…

Music in the Mountains announces music lesson scholarship

The scholarships, sponsored by Bank of Colorado, provide financial assistance for students in Durango and the surrounding areas by paying…