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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. ...

DATE: Aug 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Love of science takes Olathe senior to California

‘We sliced and dissected the brains’

DATE: Aug 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Aug 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Aug 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

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...

DATE: Aug 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango School District 9-R ramps up school security

‘The conversation should start at home’

DATE: Aug 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango schools plan to stock EpiPens

Extreme allergic reactions can be life-threatening

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

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...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

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...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

How to manage back-to-school situations when you’re newly divorced

When my kids went back to school last year, I nearly flunked my first assignment. Asked to send in a family photo, I panicked. What sort of photo would I send in now that my ex-husband and I...

DATE: Aug 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

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