Education - The Durango Herald

Elks offer scholarship to veterans, high school seniors

The Durango Elks Lodge is offering scholarship opportunities for veterans and graduating high school seniors starting Friday Applications are available to La Plata County resident...

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Out-of-state tuition hike overdue for Fort Lewis College, president says

FLC eyes tuition hike for out-of-state students

DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community colleges plead case for increased state funding

Two-year colleges, tech schools don’t get fair share, officials say

DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

State education board looks toward test change

Wants to decrease testing time, speed up results

DATE: Dec 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

New FLC science and engineering building will ‘rocket us forward’

After $35.3 million and 10 years of planning, lobbying the state and construction, Fort Lewis College students will finally be able to pursue learning in the state-of-the art Geosciences, Ph...

DATE: Dec 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Teaching Strategies to present creative curriculum for preschoolers

Teaching Strategies, supported by the Providers from La Plata, Archuleta, Montezuma, Dolores, and San Juan counties are welcome to participate. Registration cost is $30, and adv...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Schools, community building support for depressed youth

Holidays can be blue for kids, too

DATE: Dec 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas High School announces presentations, enrollment opportunities

All Animas High School students will complete presentations of learning through Friday, Dec. 16. Presentations are individually scheduled. There is limited availability for ninth-, 10...

DATE: Dec 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango 9-R board to vote on 2021 graduation guidelines

Draft keeps fourth year of math, drops to 1 year for modern languages

DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farm-to-lunch-table program shows Colorado kids where food comes from

BOULDER – Natalie Condon smiled as young consumers of her Lafayette farm’s winter squash harvest compared notes about the vegetable’s texture and taste. “It’s orange; it tastes li...

DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mountain Middle School enrollment to begin Jan. 2

Mountain Middle School’s fourth to eighth grade and home-school enrollment for 2017 will open Jan. 2, 2017, and continue to Feb. 28. To enroll in the school’s lottery visit mounta...

DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News