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Big Picture High School selects badger as mascot After a schoolwide vote, Durango Big Picture High School faculty and students have selected the badger as the school’s new mascot....

Only 4 in 10 students finish college where they start

WASHINGTON – Less than half of all students who entered college in 2007 finished school where they started, and almost a third are no longer taking classes toward a degree anywhere, accordin...

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Crow Canyon to offer workshop for educators Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is offering a workshop called “Mesa Verde National Park: Convergences and Crossroads in the American ...

School builds empathy as skill to solve problems

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Akshay Kothari’s first assignment at the D.school – formally known as the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University – was to rethink how people eat ramen ...

Teacher house calls lift student achievement

Program improves test scores, attendance, parental involvement

More colleges turn to fixed-rate tuition plans

Students, families say they can budget wisely, borrow less

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Classes will be available to child care providers The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County, in collaboration with Southwest Colorado Child Care Resource & Referral, will off...

Saved by the bell? Sorry, not anymore

Schools see benefits in turning down noise

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Durango Arts Center to host art camp The Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., will hold its Winter Arts Camp for Kids from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 1-3. The camp w...

A handshake, a smile, a lesson in etiquette

DHS class to prepare students for the working world

In Hong Kong, tutors are the celebrities

When exam pressure is extreme, there is money to be made