UNLV’s winter commencement featured two Latina students graduating with Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering.
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The Clark County School District and Nevada State College have a new agreement to use coronavirus relief money to pay for college tuition for some aspiring teachers.
The Clark County School District program began this school year at three east Las Vegas campuses.
Silverado High School students are in their first year of a pen pal exchange with students at Shuyukan High School in Fukuoka, Japan.
It’s the second year the goldendoodle therapy dog has been at the school. His guardian, Principal Jessica Lovell, wants to help students cope with their anxiety.
Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to go to space, came to Las Vegas to speak to teens and encourage them to pursue a higher education.
The Clark County School Board heard an information-only presentation Thursday about student achievement, including targets in its “Focus: 2024” five-year strategic plan.
The district changed its grading policy last summer to allow students to revise assignments, retake tests and stop factoring in behavior into grades.
Pennie Edmond, 74, has been teaching in the Clark County School District since 1970. She is the district’s longest-serving educator.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has partnered with Clark County School District to offer free transportation for eligible high school students.
Clark County School District leaders joined students, teachers and elected officials at events throughout the valley to kick off the first day of school.
Five charter schools, tuition-free public schools that receive state funding, are opening in August in Las Vegas.
A researcher with Brookings Mountain West at UNLV reviewed more than a million Tweets responding to the mass shooting in Buffalo, Uvalde and Highland Park. She sorted users based on self-reported political affiliations and examined their statements.
Wendell Williams, who started the first Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Las Vegas, now is planning a back-to-school celebration for the city’s Historic Westside.
More than a third of Clark County schools currently have a teacher vacancy rate of 10 percent or more, adding to concerns about safety.