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In a local control state like Colorado, local school boards usually make their own decisions about the allocation of funds and how best to serve students. We saw an example recently in Jefferson...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Board of Education
Talking back to the teacher in class? Detention. Arriving late to class every day? Suspension. Discipline in schools has followed that pattern for generations, but a new philosophy of restorative...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Who knew that an Army colonel’s wisdom could be so timely? Along with many of us, Margaret Wheatley didn’t. Wheatley is a writer, teacher, and speaker whose area of expertise is organizational...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | COLUMN: Thoughts Along the Way
While all eyes are on Paris and the UN climate summit, major progress is being made closer to home. Fort Lewis College announced this week that it has exceeded its 2015 goal of reducing carbon...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education
"Accreditation with Distinction" has a nice ring to it. In the 2010-2011 school year, the Dolores school district earned that high mark under the testing standards of the Colorado Department of...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: DS - Education
Southwest Open School will host its first-ever benefit dinner to support the technology fund, Director Charlotte Wolf said. The event will take place Saturday, March 4 at the Cortez Elks Lodge....
DATE: March 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education
Coloradans have less college debt than most Americans, according to a report by LendEDU.com, a student-loan website.Colorado borrowers have an average of $26,095 in student loan debt,...
DATE: March 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
With pipettes, students carefully added rubbing alcohol to plastic tubes to help DNA from wheat unwind. Shaking their tubes as instructed, they saw hundreds of thousands of white strands. These are...
DATE: Feb. 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Fort Lewis College needs to fill its two dean positions before the 2017-18 school year starts, and three finalists for each position will be visiting campus over the next week to meet with...
DATE: Feb. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education
DENVER – Colorado’s working parents may have an increased opportunity to attend academic activities for their children in the K-12 system. House Bill 1001 would reintroduce a portion of the...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
