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Thursday is last day for all Durango schools The last day of school for all schools in Durango School District 9-R will be Thursday. District 9-R announces administration hours Du...

DATE: May 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Math anxiety strikes girls more than boys across the world

Science can’t tell us why some teenagers relish calculus and others dread it. But a study in the journal Math anxiety – the urge to avoid numbers – plagues girls more than boys across the ...

DATE: May 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Southwest Health worries that lab tech program will close

San Juan College may shutter program

DATE: May 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Education Briefs

Escalante students shine in Denver competition The Escalante Band was awarded fourth place and a good rating when they performed for Music in the Mountains in Denver on May 13. So...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

La Plata County celebrates Class of 2016

More than 400 graduates head into the world

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango school board slows overhaul of graduation standards

Board needs to give high school more time to prepare

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Education Briefs

District 9-R announces administration hours Durango School District 9-R will have limited hours during the summer starting June 6. The administration building will be open to the...

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Teacher shortage crisis highlighted in Colorado

Growing gap raises concerns over recruitment efforts

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fifth-graders practice making big bucks

Mock town provides opportunity to understand financial concepts

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango schools integrating restorative justice into discipline

Using behavior as a learning tool

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Parents want more information on School District 9-R standards

Timing, math, languages questioned

DATE: May 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Segregation is getting worse in America’s public schools

WASHINGTON – Six decades after the Supreme Court outlawed separating students by race, stubborn disparities persist in how the country educates its poor and minority children. A r...

DATE: May 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education