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New York City offers free eye tests, glasses to older students

More than 65,000 students in New York City’s poorest-performing public schools will have their vision screened and, if needed, get a free pair of eyeglasses, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.

Youth council helps kids come out of shells, learn about the real world

After visiting with the mayor of Caldwell, Idaho, Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem and Ward 6 City Councilman Steve Ross saw the difference that a youth council made in the city. In an area where problems included violence and graffiti, Ross learned how involving young people in the decision-making process could change problems overnight.

Nevada’s federal waiver extended for public school standards

The U.S. Department of Education will grant Nevada three additional years of flexibility from the accountability standards, and potential consequences, included in the No Child Left Behind Act.