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Fort Lewis College admits historic high-achieving Class of 2020

Fall semester began Monday

In some U.S. schools, resistance to ending corporal punishment

Two licks with a wooden paddle in the principal’s office was the price 11-year-old Kaley Zacher of Dexter, Georgia, paid for ignoring warnings about falling behind in her school work. ...

Love of science takes Olathe senior to California

‘We sliced and dissected the brains’

More New Mexico public schools earn ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades

ALBUQUERQUE – More New Mexico public schools earned “A” or “B” grades last school year, but over a third still received “D” or “F” grades, according to results released this week by the stat...

College students more likely to be heavy drinkers than young adults not enrolled

The United States’ full-time college students are more likely to be heavy drinkers than young adults who aren’t enrolled in college, according to a new federal report. But they’re no more li...

Low-income kindergartners closing the achievement gap, reversing decades-old trend

Low-income kindergartners are entering school with stronger math and reading skills, narrowing the academic gap with their affluent peers and reversing a decades-old trend, according to rece...

Durango School District 9-R ramps up school security

‘The conversation should start at home’

Nation’s teacher force lacks diversity

Persistent achievement gaps among black and Hispanic students have confounded education experts for years. One strategy researchers have found to be successful at narrowing the gaps is a sim...

Durango schools plan to stock EpiPens

Extreme allergic reactions can be life-threatening

Education Briefs

Durango school board will meet Aug. 31 The Durango School District 9-R Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 31 in the boardroom at 201 E. 12th St. Durango School District announces o...

Durango School District needs mill levy increase to invest in kids

Another year is upon us, and I’m happy to share that great things are once again in store for our students in Durango. We’ve worked hard to keep budget cuts as far away from our...

Shiprock High workshop teaches students coding

SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) – A group of nine Shiprock High School students recently completed an eight-week coding workshop that provided web development training designed to encourage them to purs...