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Durango Emblem Club awards scholarships The Durango Emblem Club has announced its scholarship recipients for the upcoming school year. Each of these recipients will r...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Post-recession, higher ed paths diverge

Specialization becomes focus in U.S.; liberal arts rise elsewhere

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

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Mountain Middle School board to meet Thursday The Mountain Middle School board of directors will meet from 5:15 to 8:15 p.m. Thursday at the school, 108 W. 31st St. Th...

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

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Animas High School announces events Animas High School announces these events: The main office is closed for the summer. The school’s switchboard will handle all inqui...

DATE: Jun 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Class, not race, may be colleges’ new test

Supreme Court ruling against racial preferences could shift focus

DATE: Jun 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

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Mountain Middle names head of school Mountain Middle School – Durango’s free, public, state-chartered middle school for grades six to eight – has hired Durangoan Shane Voss as its...

DATE: Jun 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Old Detroit schools reborn

As schools close, cities find new purposes for vacant buildings

DATE: Jun 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

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Loos graduates from University of Colorado Travis J. Loos graduated May 24 from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Loos graduated magna cum laude with a d...

DATE: Jun 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Service allows students to report bullying by text

WASHINGTON – Students are getting a new weapon to fight back against bullies: their cellphones. A leading education technology company last week announced it would give schools a ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

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Animas High School announces summer schedule The main office and office of the registrar at Animas High School will remain open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday....

DATE: Jun 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Teachers frustrated as lawsuit defeated

Cortez district on record: Budget allocations unfair

DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Good idea? Schools ask students to bring their own technology

Educators and policymakers continue to debate whether computers are a good teaching tool. But a growing number of schools are adopting a new, even more controversial approach: asking student...

DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.