Touro University Nevada’s autism center unveiled a new name and new look Wednesday, promising that an increase in staff and space will cut waitlist times for families seeking services.
Education
For the past two years, Mark Jacoby has prepared groups of students for their “Warren.” Warren spends his days missing meals, getting picked last in kickball, and not getting the care and nurture that kids deserve. With a sheet of paper, Jacoby demonstrates the toll it takes on Warren’s self-worth, ripping away pieces until only a strip remains. Warren is imaginary, but the situation is not.
Misconduct allegations against an internal Clark County School District police investigator are complicating a criminal case he helped the FBI put together.
Spread the Word Nevada is trying to collect enough books so students from at-risk elementary schools will have a new one every month. Last year, it collected more than 425,000 books to give to schools across Clark County. Currently, it has about 375,000 books stored and ready for the upcoming school year.
Nevada no longer ranks dead last for its lackluster education system. Now, it’s only second-to-last, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count report.
History professor Eugene Moehring presented an in-depth history of Southern Nevada this past Thursday at the College of Southern Nevada, Henderson Campus, for the fifth “Henderson Speaks” event.
As of May 25, Rebekah Solorzano, 18, completed her senior year at Chaparral High School. That same day, Solorzano was named grand prize winner of the Every Kid in a Park art contest sponsored by the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Forever Resorts, the National Park Service concessionaire donating the prizes. Solorzano will have her artwork featured on a collectible sticker in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area gift store.
With a sigh of relief, incumbent Felicia Ortiz put her hand over her chest and looked up from a laptop. The screen showed she was the leader in the State Board of Education District 3 race. She finished the night with 46.3 percent of primary election votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting.
The attorney general’s office Tuesday asked the Nevada Supreme Court to postpone oral arguments in the highly watched school choice case because the state’s hired legal counsel will be out of the country on July 8.
A committee of two dozen community, education and political leaders soon will decide how best to carve the Clark County School District into smaller local precincts.
If early voting turnout is any indication, Tuesday’s primary election day could be one of the busiest in recent memory, Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said.
Adults in superhero costumes roamed Boulevard Mall on Saturday afternoon.
A war of words broke out this week after a group of UNLV and UNR students backed by the state Democratic Party criticized Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Joe Heck for his support of for-profit colleges and his votes to cut some student loans.
Nevada’s higher education board will gather in Reno on Thursday to consider a wide range of issues facing the state’s public colleges, making decisions that affect everything from class offerings and student tuition to presidential hires and school construction.
A black professor at the UNLV School of Dental Medicine is suing the school, the state of Nevada and the Nevada Board of Regents for racial discrimination.
