Nevada is a right-to-work state so teachers don’t have to join the Clark County Education Association. If they do join, however, they can only leave by submitting written notice to the union between July 1 and 15. Support staffers and education employees throughout Nevada have the same opt-out window.
State government has created the collective bargaining laws that have put the district on the brink of financial insolvency. Here are three ways to fix that.
Ryan was one of six students Wednesday supposedly upset about budget cuts. Be real. Adults — be they parents, teachers or union officials — turned these kids into human shields and media props.
It’s starts with money. CCSD has a lot. It has a $2.4 billion general fund. The superintendent controls almost none of it. Personnel expenses make up 87 percent of that. The rest goes to things like utilities, gas for school buses and textbooks.
Fixing Nevada’s education system starts with educating yourself on how the system actually works.
Fixing Nevada’s education system starts with educating yourself on how the system actually works.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks interviews Adam Laxalt, Attorney General and Candidate for Governor of Nevada.
It doesn’t matter who CCSD hires. It doesn’t matter if he or she has financial expertise and loads of political savvy. The next superintendent isn’t going to have the one thing he or she actually needs — authority.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks provides four 2018 predictions.
Over the last week, CCSD has conducted five community meetings on the proposal. Transgender students have shared stories of being bullied at school in their push for the policy. But Nevada already has one of the most aggressive anti-bullying laws in the country. This includes a requirement that an investigation into bullying occur within one day.
