A search committee began the process Wednesday to hire a new chief of staff and special counsel for Nevada’s higher education board.
Education
For 2021-22, 233,258 students have registered, including 11,853 who have signed up for a distance learning option, as of June 21.
The city announced Monday that the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy will remain in operation for a second school year.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board approved a reopening plan Friday. Each school will decide whether to offer full-time in-person classes or a hybrid model.
Controversy over how racial issues are taught in K-12 schools reached the Clark County School Board Thursday night as outraged audience members forced a brief recess.
The Desert Pines High School students were quarantined last week after a single COVID-19 case on the campus during summer school.
Lang was executive director of both The Lincy Institute, a public policy think tank, and Brookings Mountain West. He was also a public policy professor at the university.
The call center, offered in both English and Spanish, launched this month and is in the process of expanding. It will be more widely available Tuesday.
Remarks come before news conference highlighting a new law that will provide billions in additional revenue for the construction and maintenance of state schools.
Under the American Families Plan announced in late April, an estimated $109 billion would fund universal community college.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted Friday to add a new section to the board handbook. The step comes as offices and campuses prepare to reopen July 1.
Clashes over how to teach students about racism and its role in U.S. history are raging in school districts across Nevada and elsewhere, stoking culture wars over curriculums that have previously received less attention.
The city has filed a letter of intent with the state. If an application is submitted and approved, CLV Strong Start Academy Elementary School would open in August 2022.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted Thursday to appoint Vickie Shields to the position until new President DeRionne Pollard starts in mid-August.
The Summer Acceleration program, funded by federal emergency money, is free to all Clark County students this year.