The Clark County School District faces a bus driver shortage that has the system relying on substitutes who might not know routes very well.
Education
Five applicants hope to operate a charter school through Nevada’s Achievement School District. Approved operators will be chosen on Tuesday — and some have faced obstacles in other states.
Parents and students of Beatty Elementary School spoke out against crowded fifth-grade classrooms at the Clark County School District trustee meeting Thursday night.
Children gathered Oct. 12 to fly drones during the ninth annual 4-H National Youth Science Day challenge, called Drone Discovery, at Diaz Elementary School.
October is anti-bullying month, and local schools and organizations have made efforts to get the word out that the problem is widespread and deeply damaging.
In September, Stuckey Elementary School, 4905 Chartan Ave., was added to the list of 329 schools that have been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The recognition is given for academic excellence or progress in closing achievement gaps.
The Clark County School District fired back against the hiring of a consultant to assist in the district’s reorganization, arguing that proper fiscal requirements were not followed in contracting with the TSC2 Group.
Nevada students still fall below the national average in science proficiency levels, nearing the bottom of the 46-state list in the 2015 Science Assessment of the Nation’s Report Card. Yet the latest results also show an improvement in average eighth-grade scores.
At her first campaign event in Nevada, Anne Holton, the former Secretary of Education for Virginia and wife of Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine, emphasized the importance of reinvesting in public education and making higher education accessible for everyone.
For Kimala Kimble, the opportunity to learn cosmetology skills while in prison — and its promise of a new beginning — came at the right time.
Desert Pines High School is one of 21 in the Clark County School District that the state considers underperforming. That makes it eligible for conversion to a charter school.
Nearly 900 Clark County School District student musicians in grades 6-12 gathered at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday in an attempt to set a new world record for the largest amount of mariachis performing.
Station Casinos will donate $100,000 to 10 elementary schools Monday through its Smart Start partnership with the Clark County School District.
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.
Legacy Traditional School will open its first Nevada campus for the 2017-18 school year, under a plan approved 4-0 by the North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday night.
