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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

School District 9-R plans to exit San Juan education cooperative

Snowberger says separation would be smooth

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Education Briefs

Durango School District announces events The first day of school for Durango School District 9-R will be Tuesday. The Durango School District 9-R Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 31 ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

As schools resume, U.S. enrollment rises

Scores on national tests stagnant or slipping

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Parents say they’d sacrifice retirement to send kids to college

College has gotten so expensive that it’s weighing on even the parents of third-graders, threatening to leave them too debt-saddled to retire. Tim Williams, a 62-year-old part-tim...

DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education