Durango 9-R strives to empower teachers and increase student achievement through our use of the Colorado Academic Standards.

Our goals for the resources provided are:

• To have unity of purpose in our standards-based curriculum

• To increase organizational effectiveness

• To increase student achievement by focusing on what students need to know, understand, and be able to do at each grade level

• Create common expectations of what we teach, while maintaining teacher autonomy in how things are taught