Education

Fort Lewis College officials and community leaders broke ground Friday at the future site of the college’s much-needed Health Sciences Center. The Health Sciences Department is the largest and...

The Dolores School District has added a new middle school exercise class: CrossFit. John McHenry, a teacher and the assistant athletic director, is certified to instruct CrossFit classes, so he...

A new bachelor’s degree program in nutrition was approved by the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees at their meeting on Saturday. It will be offered through the school’s growing Health Sciences...

The Tribal College Journal of Indian American Higher Education is moving to Durango after 25 years in Mancos. Publisher Rachael Marchbanks, left the Tribal College Journal in January. She was the...

A science teacher at Mancos High School is giving her students a global perspective on conservation while pursuing a master’s degree in biology. Sensa Wolcott decided to enroll in the Global Field...

Enrollment increased 4% for the fall semester at Fort Lewis College, halting a multiyear slide in student numbers that had pinched school budgets. Fall enrollment came in at 3,443 compared with...

The experience of teachers at Durango School District 9-R is only one case study, but it is probably not unique. At this week’s school board meeting, a trio of teachers expressed the stresses and...

Two teachers unions, the Colorado Education Association and the Colorado Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, have endorsed Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush in the race for the state’s 3rd...

Follow-up tests came back negative for an adult employee at Durango High School who was suspected of suffering from COVID-19 on Tuesday, and 69 students who were sent home for remote learning will...

Colorado will invest $2 million in federal coronavirus relief funds in school districts trying to make sure all of their students have a reliable internet connection while learning at home. ...

A Fort Lewis College student from Towaoc gave a heartfelt explanation of the need for a charter school on the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe reservation during a virtual community meeting with tribal...