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Official wants to make Shenker Academy stand out

As director of the Shenker Academy, a preschool in Summerlin, Specht stays busy even when school’s out. She’s working now with her staff on the curriculum for the upcoming school year and hosting several daily tours for prospective families.

Ousted Washoe schools superintendent sues district

Washoe County School Superintendent Pedro Martinez is suing the school district over his ouster, and the Reno-Gazette Journal is asking the Nevada attorney general to investigate whether the School Board violated Nevada’s open meeting law.

Washoe County benches school superintendent

Pedro Martinez, the former deputy superintendent of Clark County School District who resigned in 2012 to become superintendent of Washoe County School District, has been relieved of duty “effective immediately,” according to the Northern Nevada school system.

Nevada education ranked last in nation

Nevada’s public school system remains dead last in the nation for a third year running, according to an analysis of children’s well-being released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation on Tuesday.

UNR-designed bridge survives quake tests

A 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of 10 earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment at the University of Nevada, Reno’s new Earthquake Engineering Lab.

Clark County ‘zoom schools’ boost academic success

Nevada lawmakers’ experiment last school year in giving $17.4 million to 14 Clark County elementary schools that teach English language learning students and post poor academic performance has shown early success.

Nevada: Math key to finishing college

College students in Nevada who do not complete college-level introductory math courses early on in their studies are far less likely to graduate than those who do, a new report shows.

Conservative think tank proposes school improvements

The Nevada Policy Research Institute released a report this week claiming to have found 33 ways to improve Nevada’s education system without spending more taxpayer money.