Students from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are preparing business plans to compete for $25,000 this month in the Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Cup at Red Rock Resort. Graduate and undergraduate teams are set to compete against students from Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Besides teaching math at the Northwest Career and Technical Academy, Mark Jimenez is teaching five online courses to make ends meet for his family, which includes four daughters. He said his frustration with upcoming cuts to Nevada education funding prompted him to start the Facebook group Nevadans for Funding Education in Nevada.
Proposed budget cuts to education threaten to increase some class sizes in Las Vegas to more than 50 students. Principals at every level agree it will hurt students.
Although Angela Foucher has been named the New Teacher of the Year at Gene Ward Elementary School, her position is being eliminated due to budget cuts and her lack of seniority.
