The $14.8 million U.S. Department of Education grant will allow Gehring Elementary and Lied and O’Callaghan middle schools, all in Las Vegas, to fully convert to magnet schools with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math.
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The Clark County School District wants to build an 850-student school to ease overcrowding, while the city is holding out for a 700-student campus with a smaller footprint.
Unions representing principals, police officers say Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky exceeded his authority by banning Trustee Kevin Child from school district property.
Former Nevada students who failed to earn a high school diploma because they couldn’t pass the state’s proficiency exam now have a shot at redemption.
Preliminary state data shows that only 43 percent of the schools that received grants to help struggling students improve their reading actually bettered their test scores in third grade. The majority showed a decline.
Group started in New York City shares best practices, uses combined purchasing power to get better prices.
The freeze was imposed in August as the district began tackling a budget deficit estimated at $50 million to $60 million.
UNLV assistant professor Tessa Winkelmann made comments to her History 407 class Thursday afternoon that put some of the blame for Sunday’s mass shooting on President Donald Trump.
Clark County parents can now access information about the performance of their children’s schools — even in Spanish and on a cellphone — through a new website created by a local education nonprofit.
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