Updated: 11:33 AM Grand Junction Police say there's an unsubstantiated text message being circulated about a possible threat to a school but think it's related to Thursday's possible threat incident.
Updated: 9:01 AM School District 51 says all schools are up and running as usual Friday morning despite a police investigation into a possible threat against a District school.
Updated: 6:48 PM Grand Junction Police say a school threat it's investigating is so far unsubstantiated.
Posted: 9:06 AM Colorado school administrators are ready to make their case for getting $380 million from the federal government to improve education.
Updated: 5:18 PM Students at a local elementary school had a special visitor Friday. He’s big and blue and loves clues.
Updated: 11:57 AM Colorado lawmakers are moving quickly to take back $110 million in funding from schools because of the recession.
Posted: 12:52 PM The Colorado Senate has approved a bill designed to give Colorado an edge in competing for millions of dollars in federal education funds.
Posted: 9:37 AM A local middle school is taking computer class to the next level, and beyond.
Updated: 9:42 AM The numbers are officially in and District 51 is one of the top five school districts in the state that has improved graduation rates and lowered dropout rates.
Updated: 8:45 PM District 51 says it's making great strides to get dropouts to come back to school and officials say numbers released by the state Wednesday will prove their success.
Updated: 8:40 PM The shelter-in-place mandate for Orchard Avenue Elementary School has been lifted and students have been released to their parents after an incident involving a gun occurred nearby.
Updated: 1:44 PM School District Superintendent Steve Shultz joined the 11 Today Morning Show to talk about dropout rates, some recent successes and other news from the School District.
Updated: 7:46 PM With more than 1,700 students roaming the halls, Grand Junction High School is one of the largest schools in the Valley.
Updated: 9:49 AM Today is a good day for all you District 51 students out there...the last day of school before winter break. But we’ve got some quick tips from parents and students on how to stay sharp during the off-times.
Posted: 5:17 PM School District 51 cut more than $1.5 million from its 2009/2010 budget.
Updated: 10:04 AM President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said people could do more to promote peace than governments and a local student is set to help prove that.
Updated: 11:45 AM Colorado's teacher colleges aren't doing a great job according to a national education group.
Posted: 12:58 PM There's no such thing as a typical college student these days. Nearly a third of undergraduate college students are 25 or older.
Updated: 9:42 AM The Colorado Department of Education says it plans to implement new standardized tests that could eliminate the Colorado Student Assessment Program, or CSAP.
Updated: 9:16 AM In an effort to make school lunches healthier, school districts across the country and locally have made some changes over the past year and now the attention has been turned to chocolate milk.
Posted: 9:18 AM Imagine being scared to drop your kids off at school.
Posted: 5:16 PM One local charter school will be posting their latest test score on the fridge for everyone to see.
Posted: 10:37 AM Last week the Grand Junction High School Marching Band was in Las Vegas, taking part in the "Sounds Across the Valley" marching festival.
Updated: 5:18 PM The Colorado Board of Education is reviewing model content standards that could result in sweeping changes to public education.
Updated: 4:30 PM New numbers for School District 51 are out, and they stilll aren't making the grade.
