Gov. Joe Lombardo said in the statement the Tech Hub at UNR and its partnerships will be an essential part in strengthening Nevada’s economy.
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Superintendents and the state’s charter authority must appear at a meeting within 30 days to detail how they’d use the proposed funding, officials say.
The Clark County School District will return to classes next month with more proactive measures in place, according to an assistant superintendent.
Proponents of face masks on college campuses this fall on Friday urged the Nevada Board of Regents to go beyond a mandate for employees OK’d by the Clark County Commission.
Graduating high school seniors describe the losses and positives of a tumultuous educational year like no other.
The struggling Argent Preparatory Academy in Northern Nevada could be the first charter school to be shut by the state after officials voted Friday to pull the plug on its turnaround effort.
Scott Ginger embarked down an accidental career path in 1991 when he accepted a job teaching speech and debate at Green Valley High School in Henderson. Twenty-seven years later, his adaptability has been rewarded.
The decision on whether to close Nevada Connections Academy over its low graduation rate likely won’t be made this week as officials consider another improvement plan for the K-12 school.
The resignations of two members of the State Public Charter School Authority Board — Adam Johnson and Jacob Snow — were announced at the end of a meeting Friday.
Charter, private and parochial students could play sports at their zoned public school if their school doesn’t field a team under a bill proposed Thursday.
The Nevada Association of School Boards named Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky as Nevada’s Superintendent of the Year.
The executive director for the organization that represents the state’s two largest education unions has been replaced. It was not immediately clear if Gary Peck was fired or resigned from the leadership post at the Nevada State Education Association. According to the NSEA web site, Peck has been replaced by interim executive director Richard “Dick” Terry.
Every kindergartner in Nevada public schools now has a college savings account with a $50 balance. The Nevada state treasurer’s office opened these 35,000 accounts and made the $1.8 million in deposits using no taxpayer money, repeating what it did last year for that kindergarten class of about the same size.
The Washoe County School Board voted Tuesday to buy out the contract of School Superintendent Pedro Martinez — for about $800,000 — to end months of legal and political wrangling sparked by his initial firing in July.
A tide of 400 children arrived at the Southern Nevada Health District’s main clinic each day last week. The numbers were driven by procrastinating parents scrambling to get their children vaccinated before classes begin Monday in the Clark County School District.
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Two teenage twins accused in commercial firework attacks in a Henderson church in March were indicted last week on several felony charges.
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An attorney said the billions in punitive damages represent the most money that has been awarded by a jury in Nevada.
