In September 2021, the Clark County school board approved revisions to a change of school assignment policy. The upcoming school year is the first where students will be impacted.
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Graduation plans for the Class of 2021 were rolled out Thursday, with the Clark County School District announcing that schools can hold in-person ceremonies.
The Clark County School District is ordering “essential” employees back to campuses this month, according to a memo sent by the district late Friday.
The official count of students impacts the district’s per-pupil funding allocation, and will be translated to the school level as the budgeting process begins this week.
The Clark County teachers union unveiled a second voter initiative Wednesday afternoon that would hike a portion of the state’s sales tax, raising more than $1 billion for education in Nevada.
A white nationalist group known for targeting college campuses with its messaging has been linked to flyers posted at two colleges in Henderson.
A court appointed receiver has asked a judge to OK the sale of The Art Institute of Las Vegas to a group of professors who have been negotiating to buy it since January.
Safety efforts will include increased police patrols, weapons searches by K-9 officers in at least two schools a day and random weapons searches in at least one.
Attorney and College of Southern Nevada professor Mark Peplowski has been arrested on lewdness charges.
Lawsuits, buyouts, silence leave future of embattled health-care provider for Clark County School District teachers and other staff in doubt.
In a litmus test of the state-mandated Clark County School District reorganization, a school leadership team is asking the School Board to reconsider its rejection of principals’ request to hire outside vendors for custodial services.
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.
Data released Friday on the state Education Department’s website include more detailed information on how individual schools scored than a preliminary release earlier this week.
Erin Cranor, who served nearly seven years on the Clark County School Board, is leaving to pursue a law degree.
As one of her first actions as provost at Nevada State College, Dr. Vickie Shields sent a campuswide email survey about how to improve the college.
“I’d seen from others that the more you know about the real people that work at a place, the better it’s gonna be,” Shields said.
