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Winchester Skate Team keeps kids rolling in school

The skate team sponsored by the Winchester Cultural Center has proved a lifesaver for 12 youths who say participation in the sport inspired them to want to graduate.

Clark County teachers spend time in Turkey to enhance lesson plans

When Del Sol High School teacher Patty Ellsworth begins teaching her 10th-grade world history class this fall, she’ll draw from personal knowledge of the subject matter. She and two other local teachers traveled across Turkey in July as part of a trip sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation and the World Affairs Council of Las Vegas.

Camp Invention puts kid-friendly spin on science and engineering

Students from across the Las Vegas Valley designed their own roller coasters and created a model city from recycled materials as part of Camp Invention at the Cumorah Academy, 6000 W. Oakey Blvd., July 18-22.

Education chief urges states to opt out of No Child Left Behind

Public schools struggling under the testing mandates of No Child Left Behind were handed a lifeline Monday by the Obama administration that will allow them to opt out of the federal education reform.

Clark County district’s older schools get face-lifts

Kathy Konowalow walks past a mountain of computer monitors piled on a classroom floor. She turns down a narrow hall. A dozen doors lean against both walls, freshly painted.