Education

Columbine Christian recognizes students

Responsibility: Aspen Phelps, Zotique Hanson, Jasmine DeBoer, Savannah Turner, Ashley Powers and Riley Cox.Integrity: Titus DeBoer, Noah Clark, Claire VanWey,…

June 13, 2018

Education

Social work license course registration opens

The class will prepare social workers for the Licensed Clinical Social Worker examination. Classes will be held from 5 to…

June 13, 2018

Education

Science Says: What happens when researchers make mistakes

Associated Press file<br><br>On Wednesday, the journal retracted and republished a landmark study on the Mediterranean diet, and issued an unprecedented…

June 13, 2018

Education

Columbine Christian recognizes outstanding students

Christ-centered students include: Casey Oâ€™Reilly, Daniel Madu, Kamdon Qualls, Gage Hartley, Raychel Johnson and Jesse Powers.Honor students include: Alexis Clark,…

June 8, 2018

Education

Escalante Middle School names honor students

Sixth grade Derian Aguilar, Leia Albrecht, Riley Belt, Hannah Belvin, Madison Bleger, Jake Burdick, Carolena Caplin, Annabel Carithers, Lauryn Christensen,…

June 8, 2018

Education

Scholarships awarded to local women

Natasha Doney, a Durango High School graduate, was awarded the Wanda Greve Memorial Scholarship, which supplied $1,500 to fund an…

June 8, 2018

Education

School safety panel will not look at guns, DeVos says

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations…

June 6, 2018

Education

Parkland students to make bus tour to register young voters

Cameron Kasky, center, speaks during a news conference Monday, in Parkland, Fla. A day after graduating from high school, a…

June 5, 2018

Education

YouTube tops teen social media, as Facebook fades

A Pew Research Center survey shows that 85 percent of U.S. teens, ages 13 to 17, use YouTube, compared with…

June 3, 2018

Education

Gender-bending, time-traveling pronouns: A history

A new sticker designates a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale high school in Seattle. On college campuses and in…

June 2, 2018

Education

Wild card triumph: Little-known speller wins national bee

Karthik Nemmani, 14, from McKinney, Texas, holds the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship Trophy with Scripps President and Chief Executive…

May 31, 2018

Education

Foundation celebrates ‘outstanding’ educators of 2017-18

High school: Sandy Seibert, ESS department coordinator at Durango High School. Middle school: Donna Kirby, English teacher at Escalante Middle…

May 31, 2018

Education

11 graduate from Colorado Timberline Academy

Graduates were: Riley Anderson, Spearfish South Dakota; Tania Calista, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Dylan Ellis, Cape Coral, Florida; Al Haddad,…

May 31, 2018

Education

Exchange group seeks host families

ASSE students look for opportunities to practice their English and experience American culture. ASSE students have pocket money for personal…

May 31, 2018

Education

Walmart offers employees new perk: cheap access to college

A Walmart employee scans items while conducting an exercise during a Walmart Academy class session at the store in North…

May 31, 2018

Education

Durangoan graduates from Whitman College

A graduate of Animas High School, Pansze received a bachelorâ€™s degree in film and media studies.

May 30, 2018

Education

Gun-reform activists spur voter registration at high schools

David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, poses for a photo at Pine Trails Park on Tuesday…

May 30, 2018

Education

Teacher who stopped attack says he had to save students

Jason Seaman, a seventh grade science teacher at Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Ind., speaks during a news conference…

May 28, 2018

Education

Montessori School to host open house

Current students, teachers and parents will be available to answer questions and demonstrate Montessori materials. Also, the school will offer…

May 28, 2018

Education

Music in the Mountains announces program

The free eight-week summer challenge encourages students from kindergarten through 12th grade to practice music daily and rewards them for…

May 27, 2018

Education

Adult Education Center to hold graduation

The commencement speakers will be Rose Messeri, a 2016 GED graduate, and Stephanie Moran, the retiring High School Equivalency program…

May 26, 2018

Education

Animas High School to hold final presentations

For more information, visit www.animashighschool.com.

May 25, 2018

Education

Durango 9-R announces news, events

A “celebration of learning” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Escalante Middle School, 141 Baker Lane.…

May 25, 2018

Education

Taking on the system: ‘Dreamers’ are getting law degrees

Denia Perez, a student at Quinnipiac University School of Law, poses for a photo on the school’s North Haven, Conn.,…

May 24, 2018