Turns out there is such a thing as a fireable offense in the Clark County School District. Antonio Rael lost his job as principal of Clark High School for trying to help low-income and minority students.
Victor Joecks
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Superintendent Jesus Jara has set 29 goals related to student achievement. Last year, the Clark County School District met one of them.
The Clark County Education Association’s plan to pass the biggest tax increase in Nevada depends on public ignorance. That strategy has worked before.
According to the standard promulgated for years by Democrat politicians, the party’s primary voters are racially discriminating against minority candidates.
More money doesn’t increase student. Nevada has the test scores to prove it.
Pursing the same policies and goals that enabled the Stoneman Douglas shooter doesn’t keep Clark County School District students safe.
Congratulations to new Clark County School District superintendent John Vellardita. It’s obvious his power has surpassed that of Jesus Jara, superintendent in title only.
The Clark County School District wants to replace the current Professional Growth System. That’s according to Jason Goudie, the district’s chief financial officer.
A strike hasn’t happened yet, but politicians are already trying to shift responsibility for what has gone wrong. That’s not a good sign.
The leaders of the Clark County School District should be elated, not worried, about the possibility of a teacher strike.
The Clark County School District administrators union thinks Superintendent Jesus Jara has broken the law — again.
The reorganization of the Clark County School District is contributing to the district’s budget pinch. That’s according to Kenneth Retzl, director of education policy with the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities.
Teachers aren’t required to join the Clark County Education Association, but they can only leave during the next two weeks.
The deans fired by Superintendent Jesus Jara were more likely to be African American or Hispanic than the administrators who kept their jobs.
Superintendent Jesus Jara should resign or be fired. That’s the belief of Stephen Augspurger, the executive director of CCSD’s administrator union.