In town hall-style meetings in Las Vegas, university officials seek to reassure nervous parents — with limited success.
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Students participated in the Derfelt Back-to-School event on Wednesday at Defelt Senior Center at 3343 W. Washington Ave.
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas dental school spent more than $350,000 to investigate the reuse of single-use dental implants.
School police arrested a Mojave High School teacher and coach on Monday who is faced with charges of kidnapping, child abuse and sale of a controlled substance.
Gov. Steve Sisolak is donating his second-quarter salary to Nevada’s public schools, the second time this year he has signed over his paycheck to help the state’s schools.
The Art Institute of Las Vegas has been sold to a group of professors who have been in talks to buy the school since January.
The two meetings will address the concerns of students and families affected by the July 5 explosion that badly damaged two residential halls.
In 2016, accidents like suffocation or drowning were the leading cause of unnatural child deaths in Nevada.
The Clark County School District started the random searches in November. The year ended with a record number of weapons confiscations, but none were a result of the searches.
The temporary injunction issued in District Court prevents the state charter authority from taking any action to shut the online charter school until its lawsuit is decided.
The Clark County School District will not eliminate the jobs of roughly 170 middle and high school deans as previously announced, Superintendent Jesus Jara said Wednesday.
Dean Barbara Atkinson of UNLV’s School of Medicine will transition from her current role to an advisory position by Sept. 1, a quicker timetable than previously announced.
Gov. Steve Sisolak says state school districts will receive money promised by extending a state payroll tax despite a lawsuit by Senate Republicans challenging its legality.
A new option known as corequisite classes will roll out at UNLV this year to help meet the NSHE goal of completely replacing traditional stand-alone remedial classes by 2021.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara was among those on hand at the event, which is designed to help parents and students get ready for the new school year. CCSD students go back to school on Aug. 12.
