Horse Powered Reading was created in 2012 with the aim of helping children who are struggling with reading. The Las Vegas Valley has a handful of trained facilitators.
Education
Some experienced Clark County School District teachers are frustrated that their placement on a salary schedule won’t be reevaluated under a new contract.
A new program at Nevada State University is hoping to address a need for mental health professionals in schools.
The negotiated agreement, approved by an arbitrator, came after a long period of negotiations and disputes between the teachers union and the school district.
It was an action-packed year for Clark County’s kindergarten through 12th grade schools, from contentious teacher contract negotiations to a cyberattack.
An arbitrator has approved a contract after a months-long, acrimonious dispute over pay and benefits between school teachers and the Clark County School District.
The university held two graduation ceremonies Tuesday for undergraduates at the Thomas & Mack Center. It will recognize graduate degree recipients on Wednesday.
The North Las Vegas City Council voted last week to appoint Dane Watson, an employee of the Clark County Education Association, to the role for six months.
The Clark County School Board voted unanimously during a Thursday meeting in Boulder City to approve a yearly report that outlines how the nearly $778 million is being spent.
A tuberculosis investigation is underway involving a person with active TB who was on 26 Clark County School District campuses and at a district training center.
College and university faculty members across the state called for emergency campus security upgrades in response to the fatal UNLV shooting.
Shushan Sadjadi — who was a math teacher at Garside Junior High School from October 2021 until August — filed a 58-page complaint Tuesday in District Court.
The three professors were killed inside Beam Hall on Wednesday along with a visiting professor who was wounded.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board heard an update on TEACH Las Vegas’ operations on Friday.
UNLV announced Friday that it has made changes to its operations for the rest of the calendar year in response to the shooting that killed three professors.