Education
State selects Roaring Fork School District for pilot program
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — The Roaring Fork School District is one of six Colorado school districts selected to participate in a pilot program focused on reducing the education gap associated with race and poverty.
May 2, 8:32 AM | John Gardner
Glenwood Springs correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
CMC courses now available online
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — The Internet has changed the way people communicate, do business and learn. It provides another avenue for people anywhere, at any time, to log on and learn a specified skill at their own convenience.
Apr 30, 8:21 AM | John Gardner
Glenwood Springs correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
Roaring Fork High has a new principal
CARBONDALE — Cliff Colia, currently the principal at Carbondale Middle School, has been named the principal of Roaring Fork High School, replacing outgoing Dale Parker.
Apr 30, 6:13 AM | Aspen Times Staff Report
Aspen, CO Colorado
Principal hired at Basalt High School
BASALT — A former assistant principal at Basalt High School was hired as the principal there, the Roaring Fork School District announced Monday.
Apr 21, 6:15 AM | Aspen Times Staff Report
Aspen, CO Colorado
Stan Jensen to be new CMC president
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado Mountain College, which operates campuses and centers around the Western Slope, has a new president following a search process that began last summer and attracted a field of 48 applicants.
Mar 18, 8:54 AM | John Colson
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Midvalley students spread goodwill
CARBONDALE — Students from two private schools in the midvalley are going on goodwill missions to help people in need in Mississippi and Mexico during the next few weeks.
Mar 10, 6:06 AM | Aspen Times Staff Report
Aspen, CO Colorado
Aspen's Model U.N. has eyes on trip to NYC
ASPEN — A group of Aspen high school students soon will be learning what it’s like to sit on a United Nations committee and wrestle with some of the thornier problems facing the developing world.
Mar 10, 6:09 AM | John Colson
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Is Aspen P.E. all that it can be?
ASPEN — Physical education at Aspen’s public schools apparently is not all it could or should be.
Mar 5, 5:46 AM | John Colson
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Colorado’s education boss says student tests need overhaul
ASPEN — Colorado’s top education official kept them chuckling and applauding Wednesday at Aspen High School, where he gave an hour-long talk on his plans to shake things up a bit at the Colorado Department of Education.
Feb 28, 5:23 AM | John Colson
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Aspen event ignites national science debate
ASPEN — Aspen often is embroiled in national issues, but this might be the first time that national attention involves the town’s role in encouraging more intensive science and technology education in U.S. schools.
Feb 27, 6:12 AM | John Colson
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Brightening the night sky at Aspen High
ASPEN — Aspen High School’s planetarium has come a long way since it originally was built in the mid-1960s.
Feb 3, 2:01 PM | Joel Stonington
Aspen, CO Colorado
Aspen seniors await word from colleges
ASPEN — While most seniors at Aspen High School won’t hear about college acceptance for several months, a portion of them already have learned whether they’ve been accepted by their first-choice schools.
Jan 24, 6:26 AM | John Colson
Aspen, CO Colorado
Roaring Fork High may pursue International Baccalaureate certification
CARBONDALE — A Roaring Fork High School exploratory committee is looking into the possibility of seeking certification in the highly touted International Baccalaureate Program.
Jan 17, 1:46 PM | John Stroud
Carbondale correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
Roaring Fork test scores stable overall
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Colorado School Accountability Reports for the Roaring Fork School District show the district overall has remained relatively stable from the 2005-06 to the 2006-07 school years.
Dec 13, 9:22 AM | John Gardner
Glenwood Springs correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
Aspen schools make the grade
ASPEN — Aspen schools either held their own or improved over last year, according to the 2007 School Accountability Reports released Wednesday by the Colorado Department of Education.
Dec 6, 4:32 AM | John Colson
Aspen, CO Colorado
Aspen enrollment continues to rise
ASPEN — Aspen’s public school enrollment grew slightly this year, from 1,605 last year to 1,637 this year, preliminary numbers indicate.
Sep 21, 6:22 AM | Aspen Times Staff
Aspen, CO Colorado
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