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The people behind Maverick Aviation Group, a local helicopter company, believe they have met the future of the industry — students from Rancho High School’s aviation maintenance class. On a cold, wet April morning, the company gave nearly 20 students an inside look at what career path they could take.
Entering a surprise luncheon hosted by Station Casinos April 12, 300 at-risk Las Vegas Valley elementary students had no clue what was in store for them: their very own computer.
A coalition of about 40 religious and social service organizations said Wednesday that the Clark County School District needs to fix its teacher shortage problem and needs to fix it now.
A UNLV junior majoring in education has been awarded the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, making her the school’s sixth recipient since 2008.
At the Bioblitz at Clark County Wetlands Park, citizen scientists can observe organisms, count creatures and catalog critters. The two-day event, planned for April 29 and 30, is part of the fifth annual Las Vegas Science & Technology Festival,
Thousands of Clark County School District bus drivers, custodians and support staff may vote — again, for the fourth time — between two labor unions vying for power as their bargaining agent.
Longtime DRI President Stephen Wells is taking a job in New Mexico in June, and his departure has raised concern that state leaders will consider folding DRI’s resources into one or both of Nevada’s universities.
Talking about death over dinner may sound unpleasant, but some local health care experts are hoping Las Vegans do just that Saturday.
State lawmakers on Thursday approved a $150,000 contract to hire a retired superintendent to develop an empowerment model for the Clark County School District in time for the 2018-19 school year.
Nonprofit Opportunity 180 hopes to bring more educational opportunities to the Las Vegas Valley, particularly for low-income students. The brainchild of Allison Serafin — whose background includes being the former Nevada State Board of Education vice president and executive director of Teach For America Las Vegas Valley — the group wants to see high-quality charter schools enter the valley to educate those students who are underserved due to their economic status.
U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. will come to Las Vegas today to promote a “well-rounded” education that goes beyond an intense focus on math and science to embrace areas such as social studies, art, health and languages.
While staring out at what is essentially a diving platform 855 feet above concrete and imagining the plummet, it might have been a little hard to focus on the statistics, facts and science that Michael Mann, director of ride engineering for the Stratosphere, was explaining, but a group of 17 students from Goodwill’s ELITE program listened with rapt attention. The program is for those ages 17 to 24 with a documented disability who are looking for assistance achieving their goals in education, employment or both.
A proposed reorganization of the Clark County School District would create 357 individual school precincts — one for every campus — with power flowing away from central administration and toward parents, students and school staff.
The state Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved a $354,000 contract for a Las Vegas-based research firm to evaluate the success of several public education reforms that the Nevada Legislature passed last year.
The nonprofit program Jobs for Nevada’s Graduates will expand to four North Las Vegas high schools this fall.
