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Schools adept at shoring up security at any hint of danger

It’s a familiar scenario: A school official, hearing about a potential danger that’s too close for comfort, locks down the building. A nearby bank may have been robbed. Officers might be ser...

Faced with high illiteracy rates, D.C. pushes adult learning

WASHINGTON – A high school dropout, Nicole Dickey adds fractions in math class at a charter school for adults, hoping to earn her high school credentials and find a good paying office job. ...

AHS graduates to showcase learning

The Animas High School class of 2018 will hold an exhibition, “The Growing Divide: Class Consciousness in our Community,” from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main ...

Columbine Christian to hold spaghetti dinner

A family Christmas party and spaghetti dinner, catered by Mutu’s Italian Kitchen, will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Columbine Christian School, 1775 Florida Road. Co...

Early Childhood Council to offer trainings

The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County will offer a 48-hour training, approved by Colorado Department of Human Resources, for child care providers and early-childhood educators who w...

Big Picture High School graduation rate fails to meet federal standards

Every Student Succeeds Act identifies school as needing intervention

Pledge deaths at U.S. colleges fuel reviews of Greek life

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The deaths of at least four fraternity pledges this year have helped fuel a re-examination of Greek life at U.S. colleges, which have long struggled with how to crack down o...

FLC professor: Tax plan’s hit to graduate students could harm economy

House bill calls for taxing tuition waivers

10 African Americans named Rhodes scholars, most ever

The latest group of U.S. Rhodes scholars includes 10 African Americans – the most ever in a single Rhodes class – as well as a transgender man and four students from colleges that had never ...

Columbine Christian to host spaghetti dinner

Columbine Christian will host a spaghetti dinner, courtesy of Mutu’s Italian Kitchen, and family Christmas party from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the school, 1775 Florida Road. ...

Colleges draw fewer foreign students but avoid crisis so far

BOSTON – International enrollments at U.S. colleges have fared better than expected this year, but many schools still fear the country’s political climate, according to a national survey. ...

From graffiti to Snapchat, U.S. schools react to racial incidents

CHICAGO – Maryland students using their shirts to spell a racial slur used against black people at a rally. Pennsylvania students posing with swastika-carved pumpkins. A Montana student phot...
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