The annual Aspen Community School spring musical is a month-long performing arts project that incorporates teamwork, public speaking, problem-solving and even academics.
Category: Education
Reporting on schools in the Aspen and Roaring Fork School districts.
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The pros and cons of standardized testing
Local educators discuss the value of standardized testing.
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Aspen High School finalizing 2014-15 schedule
More math classes added for Aspen High students …
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Class schedule changes prompt debate at Aspen High School
The school plans to boost the amount of math instruction next year. lessening time spent on other activities.
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Basalt students hot on building cold frames
Teaching good skills that will come in handy later in life
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Pitkin County school officials ‘anxious’ about legal marijuana
Concerns about how teens will view pot under evolving social mores.
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Hispanics Boom in Region, and in Some Towns, Most Children are Hispanic
When Samuel Garcia opened his grocery in New Castle a decade ago, it was a sign of changing times. The town’s old general store became a grocery serving the Latino population at the same time New Castle’s complexion was beginning to change. By 2010, New Castle’s Hispanic population grew five times its size in 2000, […]