The Smith Center for the Performing Arts hosted the 14th annual Youth Concert Series Jan. 11, providing free symphony orchestra performances to more than 13,000 fourth- and fifth-graders from about 115 local schools.
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Clark County School District Superintendent Dwight Jones unveiled a website designed to make the district “one of the most transparent large school districts in the nation.” A breakdown of the district’s $2 billion budget is at ccsd.net/district/open-book.
The original Variety School campus was built in 1952. The school’s new campus opened at 2800 E. Stewart Ave. Jan. 7, providing vocational training and other programs for special needs students.
After the completion of $33 million in renovations, the days of boiling hot or freezing classrooms are over at Clark High School, 4291 Pennwood Ave.
The old adage of “go to college, get a job” is just that — old. Young 20-somethings increasingly are graduating college with no place to go.
View reviews some of the noteable education stories from last year.
At the Henderson-based Lion Habitat Ranch, 382 E. Bruner Drive, people have a chance to see – or potentially hold and even train – more than 40 lions.
The lions had been at the MGM Grand until January 2012.
Upon graduating high school, students can usually expect to see their classmates again in 10 years. For some Las Vegas Academy graduates, it has become an annual thing.
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