The bill allocates $64.5 million for a new school, to replace a decades-old building that sits adjacent to a hydrocarbon plume.
Education
Teachers told Nevada legislators a law has hindered their ability to immediately deal with disruptive and violent students.
The incident marked the second such case in which a mother suspected of being intoxicated tried to pick up her child from an elementary school, officials said.
More than $1 billion has been poured into the nonprofit trust for Clark County schoolteachers and families — with little financial accountability in place.
The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously passed emergency regulations for amateur boxing events like the one that led to the death of UNLV student Nathan Valencia.
The requirement is for all students for the second summer session, which began Monday, and the fall semester. Students will be quizzed on the material, the university says.
Dottie Frank, secretary to the principal at the rural school near Creech Air Force Base, says family-like atmosphere keeps her coming back for more.
Attorneys for two former students are suing the Elko County School District, alleging the district knew about a teacher’s sexual abuse of minors and could have acted to protect them, including one who later killed himself.
The scoring scheme used to rate the performance of educators in Nevada should not change this year in order to bring an element of consistency to a system that’s been in perpetual flux, an advisory group says.
State Superintendent Steve Canavero said Wednesday he plans to leverage funds from three different nonprofits to hire a consultant from a district that has undergone a similar process to the one Clark County is going through.
Around 70 students, teachers and local advocates gathered outside of Rancho High School Wednesday afternoon, sharing stories of their run-ins with DACA and calling on American citizens to support immigrants.
The reorganized school district, fifth-largest in the nation, has six new campuses to help ease overcrowding.
Twelve high school students, each facing a laptop and timer on a chair, sat poised in a classroom at UNLV. Matt Gomez, the debate lab leader, instructed the students to set the timer for five minutes and pull up the lengthy evidence files on their screens.
A tumultuous six-month search for a permanent Nevada System of Higher Education chancellor has unearthed a new candidate.
Measures passed in the 2017 legislative session will help propel the state higher on the list in the future, says state superintendent of public instruction.