CARSON CITY – A panel of lawmakers and educators on Monday recommended that Nevada’s public education funding formula include more money for students in poverty or with limited English proficiency.
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Latinos in Nevada often fare worse than Latinos in other Intermountain West Region states, according to a study being released Monday.
In the small rural town of Austin in central Nevada, valedictorian Kendra Willis might be the loneliest high school graduate on the loneliest road in America.
With plans underway for Nevada public schools to receive more state dollars for students in poverty or who are English language learners, it should come as little surprise that the CCSD put its support in writing for the new funding formula.
A panel of lawmakers on Thursday agreed to delay for one year a new statewide performance evaluation system for public school teachers and administrators. The new evaluation system was proposed to begin in the 2014-15 school year, but the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee was told it is not ready to be implemented.
A panel of lawmakers opted Tuesday to support recommendations to strengthen Nevada’s community colleges within the existing governing structure rather than embrace more dramatic changes sought by some advocates.
Despite an economy that is starting to turn around, the number of children living in poverty in Nevada is slightly above the national average, according to an annual analysis of children’s well-being released Wednesday.
Clark County School District officials on a quest for one health plan to serve all 30,000 employees on Monday received a consultant’s $158,350 analysis on how to leverage its status as the state’s largest employer. But a lawsuit filed May 29 in District Court may throw a wrench into the works.
Eugene Paslov, who served as Nevada state superintendent of public instruction from 1985 to 1994, died Sunday at the age of 80.
RENO — The Nevada Board of Regents voted Friday to re-elect Kevin Page of Las Vegas as the board’s chairman and Rick Trachok of Reno as its vice chairman.
The UNLV presidential search committee wants a diverse group of three to five candidates to visit campus and complete interviews, but a deadline will not be set.
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