The school district and fellow trustees face an odd dilemma in addressing behavioral issues with Trustee Kevin Child, one of the district’s top seven bosses.
Education
Watching Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky confront the school board last week was like tuning into a soap opera.
Ryan Crosby’s story and another involving a class from Canyon Springs High School are extraordinary testimonials about a program that receives little publicity yet changes lives. We the People is a nationwide competition started in 1987 by the Center for Civic Education.
Combine educational issues with Nevada’s upcoming legislative session and you’ve got a scene straight from the movie “Jerry Maguire”: Show me the money.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. Teachers have changed the country for the better for years and yet not one K-12 teacher has been honored with the medal.
The charter takeover issue has turned into a finger-pointing battle between the Clark County School District and the newly-formed Achievement School District.
An Advisory Committee’s decision to hire a consultant for $1.2 million blindsided the Clark County School District, done in a harried manner that left many officials scratching their heads.
As high school students across the country examine this year’s unusual election in their civics classes, a group of teenagers in Las Vegas hope to do more than just observe the political process.
Patricia Bass is a crossing guard. She’s almost been hit in the crosswalk several times. She worries about irate drivers attacking her when she stops traffic — just because they are in a hurry.
Depending on which candidate you ask, Southern Nevada voters are terrified of the approved plan to reorganize the Clark County School District. Or they love it. Or they have no idea what you’re talking about.
Yuliya “Julie” Usyk wants her 22-month-old son Matthew to be more marketable, so she’s teaching him the language she grew up with: Russian.
The College of Southern Nevada unveiled a new women’s softball field last week, the school’s latest move in an ambitious expansion to its athletic department.
Most of the Wendell Williams Elementary student body lives in poverty. Teachers and administrators try to stay relentlessly positive to help the children deal with the challenges of life. But Erica Conner and her family, who are homeless, struggle to stay positive.
Schools in only three states — Nevada, Mississippi and Utah — still operate under an opt-in mandate for sex education courses. And when the Clark County School Board debated whether it should lobby lawmakers to remove the Silver State from that short list, some members of the public weren’t terribly happy.
Zachary Cabanski is a senior at UNLV. He plans to become a teacher. He almost flunked out.
