Nevada education officials will hit pause on the state’s school accountability ratings following weeks of computer glitches that have marred an online student testing system. The State Board of Education on Thursday voted to carry over the one- to five-star ratings that individual campuses received in the 2013-14 school year to the 2014-15 school year.
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The father of a former Foothill High School student has filed a civil rights lawsuit that accuses the Clark County School District of acting with “deliberate indifference” toward the conduct of an English teacher who lured the teenager into an inappropriate relationship.
Arizona State University will provide a full year of freshman online coursework in massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that anyone can take and then convert into ASU college credit.
Where you go to school can have a huge effect on your salary. Here’s a list of the colleges that boost your salary the most.
The North Las Vegas elementary school teacher arrested last week on multiple child molestation charges told police that “temptation” prompted him to inappropriately touch one of his students.
Ramona Denby-Brinson is taking one for UNLV’s team of social science researchers. She is the 2015 recipient of the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award.
The Coral Academy of Science charter school has pushed back until 2016 its controversial plan to open a new Henderson campus.
A North Las Vegas elementary school teacher faces multiple charges of child molestation after police arrested him on Friday. Parent who have concerns about their child’s interactions with the teacher should contact North Las Vegas police.
Two Clark County School District buses crashed Friday afternoon in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
Many parents and teachers can attest that asking a child with ADHD to sit still is like asking the sun not to shine. It just isn’t going to happen. And that might be OK.
An Iranian-American woman who was suspended from UNLV’s dental school has filed a lawsuit that claims discrimination led to her discipline.
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An 11-year-old Deskin Elementary School student was arrested after a .45-caliber gun fired in a classroom. Parents are trying to figure out what took school district so long to let them know.
Citing a continued failure of two state vendors to fix computer system glitches, the Clark County School District will indefinitely suspend online basic skills student testing. The district made the decision after students at eight campuses who previously couldn’t access the tests because of the glitches still encountered technical errors on Thursday.
The Nevada Department of Education may terminate its contracts with two vendors administering the state’s online student testing system if they fail to fix a series of computer glitches in the coming weeks.