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CCSD ordered to pay salary increases, benefits for administrators

An arbitrator ordered the Clark County School District to pay $19.5 million in salary increases and benefits for the district’s 1,300 administrators, resolving a dispute over the 2015-2017 contract for the Clark County Association of School Administrators and Professional-Technical Employees.

Teacher pay bill advances through Nevada Senate

Salary increases tied to professional development would be outlined for Clark County teachers through collective bargaining agreements under a bill introduced Wednesday in the Nevada Senate.

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CCSD reorganization bill sees quick death

Legislation introduced Monday to delay a reorganization of the Clark County School District for a year has died without getting an audience before the Nevada Legislature.

ESA fight spills over into Nevada film tax credit vote

Three big budget bills were introduced in the Nevada Senate on Tuesday, signaling the culmination of the 2017 session as the governor’s office and lawmakers continue to haggle over education savings accounts.

UNLV researchers find evidence of global thaw in Russian cave

A thaw is underway in Russia, and it has nothing to do with presidential politics. Inside a cave in Russia’s Ural Mountains, where Europe and Asia meet, a team of UNLV researchers has found evidence of steady warming since the end of the last ice age.

Late-breaking CCSD bill would delay breakup for a year

Democratic leaders of Nevada Legislature introduce measure to change the timing and details of the breakup of the nation’s fifth-largest school district.

Education savings accounts get hearing but no action in Carson City

Education savings accounts, a Republican priority allowing parents to tap state funding to send their children to private schools, received a long-awaited hearing Monday as lawmakers try to end a stalemate and avoid sending the 2017 Legislature into overtime.

UNLV’S first graduate recalls a markedly different school

In the late 1950s, Jon Cobain wanted to see the world, but his blue-collar background and lack of experience made that a challenge. That changed when he became UNLV’s first graduate.

 
Nevada academy students step from internet to dance floor

Nevada Virtual Academy’s 894 students don’t go to a physical classroom to learn. But every year, the school’s student council organizes a prom for students to dance and socialize in person.

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