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EDWARDS Colorado needs to do the right thing, and a statewide tax increase for schools is it, said an advocate campaigning for it in Vail.There is never a bad time to do the right thing, said...
DATE: Oct. 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
It sounds like a simple question: How much is a college actually going to cost?In fact, its a slippery one. But thanks to a federal mandate, a new tool to help students and families pin down an...
DATE: Oct. 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
The group of third-graders gathered around the rabbit brush plant as Allison Smith showed them an insect egg that had been nesting in its branches. The egg would eventually turn into a larvae and...
DATE: Oct. 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
PITTSBURGH Carnegie Mellon University plans to open a branch campus in Rwanda next year, making it the first American university to do so in central Africa.The students who attend the program in...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
Durango School Board to hold work session The next Durango School Board work session is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday in the 9-R Board Room in the Administration Building. The work session will...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
The simple structures dotting the grounds of Ignacio Intermediate School are much more than new playground equipment. The 20 stations made of wooden beams and metal bars are part of the...
DATE: Sept. 27, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
PENROSE (AP) Max Engelhardt got an education he could never have learned from a textbook.The new Penrose Elementary School principal wanted to see how people in Africa lived, so he stayed with a...
DATE: Sept. 27, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
SAN FRANCISCO California schools are turning away middle and high school students who have not received the whooping-cough vaccine as required under a law passed last year after a historic spike...
DATE: Sept. 27, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
DHS to hold meetings for parents, teahers Durango High School parent/teacher conferences will take place Oct. 12 and 13. To set up a conference, parents must call 259-1630, ext. 2327, from 8 a.m....
DATE: Sept. 27, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point since 1995.The College Board, which released the...
DATE: Sept. 20, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
9-R school board to hold work session The Durango School District 9-R School Board will hold a work session with community members at 5 p.m. Sept. 28 in the board room in the administration...
DATE: Sept. 20, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
LINN, Mo. Textbooks? Check. School sweatshirt? Check. Urine specimen cup? Only if you want to stay in school.A drug-free demand greeted new students last week at Linn State Technical College, a...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education
