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Aerospace team claims second place

The Durango Aerospace Design Team recently won second place in the International Space Settlement Design Competition. The group of 13 students from Durango High School were matche...

DATE: Aug 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas High School welcomes new head

Woytek will focus on Spanish instruction, drug abuse

DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Brain scans reveal how poverty can impair children’s learning

Growing up poor has long been linked to lower academic test scores. And there’s now mounting evidence that it’s partly because kids can suffer real physical consequences from low family inco...

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Education Briefs

Durango Mall fundraiser benefits education group For the fifth year, the Durango Education Foundation is the beneficiary of the Durango Mall Back to School promotion, which runs t...

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Education Briefs

Space is available in nurse-aide program Slots are still available in the Certified Nurse Aide program at Southwest Colorado Community College. Classes will start Aug. ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Auditory processing used as predictor of reading skill

WASHINGTON – New research suggests it may be possible to predict which preschoolers will struggle to read – and it has to do with how the brain deciphers speech when it’s noisy. S...

DATE: Aug 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Education Briefs

Jennifer Smith receives scholarship from Ford The National FFA organization awarded a $1,000 Built Ford Tough Scholarship to Jennifer Smith, a recent graduate of Pagosa Springs Hi...

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Refugees learn how U.S. schools work

NYC academy teaches students to navigate classroom life

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

FLC gets $1.1 million science education grant

Focus is toward first-generation, low-income, disabled students

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate panel is examining higher-education reforms

Fort Lewis College is monitoring the online experiments

DATE: Jul 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Education Briefs

Submit paperwork, fees for DHS sports, activities The Durango High School Activities Office will accept paperwork and participation fees to issue red cards from 3 to 6 p.m. Aug. 3...

DATE: Jul 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education