A panel of state lawmakers received a crash course Tuesday on Nevada’s complex public education funding plan in advance of detailed budget hearings in the 120-day legislative session that begins Monday.
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“Who knows what hakuna matata means?” Tutu Ekpo asked dozens of preschool students at Henderson International School. “It’s Swahili.”
The fate of the online Nevada Connections Academy is still uncertain; Discovery Charter School in Las Vegas also was put on the list for possible closure.
The president of the University of Nevada, Reno is recommending that students and scholars from countries listed in the president’s order on immigration remain in the United States for at least the next four months.
Two-thirds of the completed applications for the state’s Education Savings Account program come from households making less than $50,000 a year, data provided Monday by the state treasurer’s office shows.
Attorneys for the Las Vegas Review-Journal have filed a lawsuit against the Clark County School District seeking access to records of complaints against Trustee Kevin Child.
Just over 180 days remain between now and the deadline for a transformed Clark County School District that will ideally be the gleaming product of a lengthy reorganization.
If lawmakers are serious about equity in education funding, they‘ll increase school spending in Nevada’s richest neighborhoods. The highest-income neighborhoods in Clark County receive far less school funding than poorer areas.
Two retired administrators want the Nevada Legislature to separate community colleges from what they call a university-centric funding system.
An FBI raid and news that the Celerity Educational Group was under federal investigation added to the controversy around the Nevada’s Achievement School District.
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky highlighted the district’s ongoing transformation by showcasing students and schools to illustrate successes amid a state-mandated reorganization for 2017-18.
Ross Bryant’s work helping “one veteran at a time” results in national honor and accolades from university’s growing military veteran population.
A search committee has named Dr. Kristen Averyt as the sole finalist for the Desert Research Institute presidency. The committee will take the unanimous recommendation to the full Board of Regents during Feb. 3 meeting .
A panel of lawmakers broke along party lines on a vote Friday, rejecting regulations that sought to fine tune the implementation of the controversial Achievement School District law.
The Clark County School Board voted 6-1 on Thursday night to declare district campuses as a safe space for all students, regardless of their immigration status. The move is not a plan to make district schools sanctuary campuses, but to reaffirm the protections already provided to students under federal law, Trustee Carolyn Edwards said.
