As the state’s population grows more diverse, more funding is going to help students from low-income families and English language learners. But education advocates say that doesn’t lift kids who aren’t in those challenged groups.
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More than 50 speakers commented Tuesday about the proposed regulation outlining how school districts should treat gender diverse students, with many saying it would go against their Christian values.
Nevada has poured millions of dollars into public education in recent years. Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.5 billion tax package in 2015 was intended to boost Nevada’s standing and demonstrate its investment in public schools.
Signs of excess are everywhere on the Strip, but the Clark County School District struggles to fill even basic needs. Why are our schools starving?
Less than half of students in Nevada and Clark County in grades three through eight are proficient in English and about one-third are proficient in math, according to new data from the state Department of Education.
University is saying nothing about how it will replace founding Dean Barbara Atkinson in the near term as she recovers from an intestinal rupture.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, in his Tuesday night State of the State address, referred to the $115 million in new investment for the Nevada System of Higher Education as “strategic.