Education

Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary starts basketball season

The team’s first game is scheduled for Jan. 27 at Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. For more information,…

Animas High School invites juniors to college information night

Subjects to be discussed include: course selection for next year, how to request letters of recommendation from teachers, SAT and…

9-R Special Education Advisory to meet

The topic will be disabilities and possible impacts.

Music in the Mountains names scholarship recipients

Shining Star Scholarship recipients include: Hana Albrecht, Leia Albrecht, Breeana Barrett, Brigham Barrett, Adam Brown, Dillon Burns, Joshua Burns, Ellie…

Area students named to honor roll at Montana State University

The dean’s honor roll requires a 3.5 GPA and the president’s honor roll requires a 4.0 GPA during a 12-credit-hour…

AHS opens 2018-19 enrollment

An enrollment lottery will be held March 1 if the number of students seeking to enroll exceeds the availability within…

Escalante Middle holding falcon fundraiser

The professionally printed cards are for sale in the front office of the school. Packages of five note cards cost…

Durango School District 9-R board to meet Tuesday

Grove City College names student to dean’s list

Students must earn a minimum of a 3.4 GPA to be named to the dean’s list at Grove City College.

Durango Adult Education starts classes Monday

Beginning and intermediate conversation Spanish classes will start Feb. 1. Child care is available for evening classes. Registration is required.…

Threat of e-school closure adds to adversity for students

Bill Lager, center, co-founder of Ohio’s largest online charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow or ECOT, speaks to hundreds…

Navajos, New Mexico university reach housing partnership

Officials announced the partnership Friday. The move comes after tribal lawmakers approved the use of nearly $1.5 million in supplemental…

Durango School District 9-R board to meet

Durango School District’s Special Education Advisory to meet

The topic will be disabilities and possible impacts.

Schoolyard conflicts may be linked to serious health problems later in life, research shows

The study, called “TheBody Remembers” and published in the journal Development and Psychopathology, found that a protein in the bloodstream…

Poverty, segregation persist in U.S. schools, report says

Associated Press file<br><br>U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center, in Bellevue, Wash.…

Louisiana teacher: Lawsuit over her forcible removal seems likely

People hold signs at a rally for school teacher Deyshia Hargrave, who was arrested while speaking against the superintendent’s pay…

Big Picture High School to visit middle schools

Information nights will be held: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Escalante Middle School, 141 Baker Lane.6 to 7 p.m.…

Students invited to Instrument Discovery Day

Students will hear demonstrations by instructors, have an opportunity to try any instrument available and can take lessons for specific…

Mountain Middle opens 2018-19 enrollment

Students can enroll through Feb. 28. A lottery will be held March 7. To enroll in the school’s lottery, visit…

9 ways parents can empower a child who has learning issues

Brian had been impulsive in elementary school, but sixth grade brought bigger challenges. He buckled under the pressure of multiple…

Apple investors urge action to curb child gadget addiction

New York-based Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System said in open letter to Apple that the…

Iowa State’s push to ban marijuana shirt leads to huge costs

A T-shirt from the Iowa State University chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Legislation shows the…

Durango School District announces January closures