A CCSD teacher is a semifinalist for the Grammys Music Educator of the Year award, the only candidate from Nevada among 25 teachers nationwide in the running for a $20,000 prize.
Education
High school junior’s passion project designed to share her love of reading and ballet with younger kids led her to create an online class that marries the two.
The $3.4 million Peccole Shuirman Tennis Complex is being built near the new Crusader Business Center at the corner of Hualapai Way and Homestretch Drive.
The state’s medical schools are seeing growing interest — as measured by applications for admission — during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Four Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School sophomores will receive $25,000 to travel to Ethiopia and create a community garden after winning a national contest.
Five of the state’s seven degree-granting schools saw a decline in students for the fall semester, which wrapped up this month. The exceptions: UNLV and Nevada State College.
Dominique Bosa-Edwards, 38, spent nights and weekends in law school for more than three years while working as a marshal at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.
The North Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to put an additional $143,800 into an in-person education program.
The school district also presented a proposed reopening plan that would return prekindergarten to 3rd grade students to classrooms first, followed by older students.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara received middling marks on his yearly evaluation from his seven bosses on Tuesday, scoring highest for financial reporting and lowest for communication.
The university recognized spring and winter graduates during two virtual ceremonies Tuesday, which were aired on YouTube amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a letter to Superintendent Jesus Jara, Mayor John Lee asked to rent schools if the Clark County School District does not reopen them next month.
The Clark County School District will spend $761,000 on a platform to monitor the mental health of students and staff amid growing concerns about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on emotional well-being.
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents’ budget reduction response committee met Friday to hear presentations about system funding sources and shared services.
Despite rising COVID-19 case rates, the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority will continue allowing some in-person classes in counties with elevated virus transmission.