Online schooling, once thought of as new-wave and experimental, is now an accredited and widely accepted education option for students across the nation. Contrary to the old conventional wisdom, online schools are now recognized as offering challenging classes, advanced academic opportunities and dynamic social interactions — both in and out of the classroom — for a rapidly growing number of students.
Former U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval declared himself a Republican candidate for governor last week and immediately announced that while raising taxes “right now is not the answer,” he wasn’t going to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge because it would “tie his hands.”
It’s all about passing health care reform without giving Republicans any more easy openings for demagoguery, which, rest assured, they’ll take.
The Nevada state employees Web site reports (at http://nvemployees.wordpress.com/our-foes/) “There are many foes of state employees mostly from some elements of the press, Chambers of Commerce and the Casino industry in particular. Our main enemy is Governor Jim Gibbons who belives (sic) he can run a government based on a slogan of ‘No new taxes.’ “
All the hollering about health care reform and the Democratic Party plan to require that all Americans obtain insurance sent me scrambling to the Internet last week — it was finally time to make sure everyone in my house had medical coverage.
Friday was “count day” for the Clark County School District, the day student attendance sets the official enrollment of the country’s fifth-largest school system. The figure, which determines state funding and staffing at each campus, takes on broader significance this year because it might actually be smaller than last year’s.
Don’t miss the Springs Preserve’s first plant sale, where you will have the opportunity to choose from more than 100 species and more than 7,000 vibrant and colorful Mojave Desert adapted plants.
The Foundation for Positively Kids, an organization that assists medically fragile children, hosted its 10-year anniversary dinner Sept. 9 at the Four Seasons.
The Beatles: Rock Band” probably will be one of the top-grossing titles in video game history, not for the disc alone, but because there’s so much money to be made from the peripherals.
It always starts with a question: “What’s a good show to see?”
Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
When Richard Warren would give presentations about buying, rehabbing and then reselling homes, audience members often would ask him if he had a book they could buy.
You sometimes get the feeling NBC couldn’t catch a break in a bucket lined with Krazy Glue.
The beautiful and sometimes boisterous Santa Clara River in southwestern Utah provides scenery and recreation from its source in the Pine Valley Mountains to its end, where it joins the Virgin River near St. George. Fishermen, boaters, hikers, mountain bikers, campers and scenery-seeking travelers follow the little river to find outdoor enjoyment from the region’s major attractions.
A funny thing happened on the way to the fall season: The networks rediscovered comedies.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
At the PT’s Pub on Warm Springs Road recently, a brunette in her late 20s ordered a drink.
The Brothers Grimm were Jakob and Wilhelm, German born in the later 1700s, and best known for publishing fairy tales such as “Snow White,” “Cinderella,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Rapunzel” and “The Frog Prince.”
Las Vegas Realtor David Brownell is telling first-time homebuyers they need to be under contract within the next 30 days to take advantage of the $8,000 tax credit set to expire Dec. 1.
They have become known as “rooms around the block” even though they may only be down the hall.
