U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Friday met with student leaders at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to promote a Senate bill that aims to reduce the $1.2 trillion debt burden graduates face across the country.
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About 740 seniors from 13 high schools were identified by the Clark County School District early this school year as at risk of dropping out. These students, out of a senior class exceeding 20,000, were then targeted for intensive support in an annual Reclaim Your Future effort.
Twelve schools nationwide have been named Grammy Signature Schools for 2014. The program gives money to public high school music programs based on excellence, financial need or both. Las Vegas Academy was one of two gold-level schools to receive $5,000.
After months of writing politicians, meeting with city officials and getting her class interested in space, 6-year-old Samantha Johnson landed not one but two astronauts.
Amna Raza, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Las Vegas, failed to advance in the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee despite going two-for-two Wednesday in the public part of the competition.
Warren Elementary School teacher Trina Boring’s hard work and dedication to her students has earned her the honor of being Clark County Educator of the Month for April.
Foothill High School’s student newspaper, The Hillside Hotwire, went home Friday with the most first-place plaques and the title of best reduced-format newspaper in the 38th annual Clark County High School Journalism Awards.
Las Vegas’ Del Sol and Valley high schools may be the next chronically underperforming campuses handed a multi-million-dollar chance to turn around student performance.
The Clark County School Board started earnestly discussing district-wide rezoning Thursday as a way to even out the district’s student population, which officials contend can’t be done by building new schools because of a lack of money.
Advanced placement Spanish and culture teacher Beth Leinwand received $2,500 from the school’s Innovative School Team to fund a mini cultural museum project for her students.
The Clark County School Board gave final approval Wednesday to a $2.2 billion spending plan for 2014-15 that would provide money for more teachers, assistant principals, deans, buses, school support staff and full-day kindergarten classrooms.
About 5,900 parent surveys, which can drive changes in the Clark County School District, have been completed so far. That’s a mere 2 percent participation rate that falls far short of the 230,000 families in the nation’s fifth-largest school district.
Most people can remember being forced to sit at the table as children until all the food was gone from their plate. As adults, some may still dread eating certain foods because of the experience.
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Intense heat grips southern Nevada every summer. However, in recent years, the topic of worksite heat stress safety has become a focus. In 2022, Federal OSHA introduced its national emphasis program on heat stress safety. The same year, Nevada OSHA also issued its state heat stress guidelines for businesses. As summer 2024 approaches, it’s time […]
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