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Nevada gender diverse regulation may move forward next week

After listening to hours of testimony Friday, Nevada Department of Education officials may move forward next week with a regulation to help protect transgender students in the state.

UNLV debate squad gets best-ever national finish

A 3-2 decision knocked Matthew Gomez and Jeffrey Horn out of the quarterfinals of the National Debate Tournament, a national championship of public policy debate that they hoped to win this year.

Tracking the Clark County school sexual misconduct cases

A year after the initial peak of arrests of Clark County School District employees, the Review-Journal revisits the cases to see how many have led to convictions and what punishment the offenders have received.

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Story of Henrietta Lacks used for cross-discipline teaching at CSN

The story of Henrietta Lacks began almost 100 years ago, but professors at the College of Southern Nevada are working this year to revive and bring meaning to her story through a new campus-wide program.

Search for next Clark County schools superintendent heats up

The rumor mill churns, internal candidates emerge and private conversations between School Board members and prospective job-seekers raise eyebrows. It’s all part of the hyper-political process that leads to a new superintendent.

 
Las Vegas parents caught off guard as school, day care abruptly close

The abrupt closure of Calvary Christian Learning Academy during spring break sent parents scrambling Tuesday to find new day care and school arrangements as they awaited answers about the private school’s plunge into bankruptcy.

Struggling Northern Nevada charter school to close

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.

Nevada vs. Massachusetts: a tale of two educational states of mind

On Education columnist Amelia Pak-Harvey reflects on her move two years ago from Massachusetts — which loves to tout itself as best state in the nation for public education — to Nevada, where education often seems like an afterthought.

Clark County school trustees vote to move ahead with gender policy

After hours of public comment, the Clark County School Board voted 4-3 late Thursday night to move forward with a plan to craft a policy relating to students with “gender diverse identities.”

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