The Clark County Education Association, which represents the approximately 18,000 teachers who work for the Clark County School District, recently posted blistering Internet ads against District A Trustee Deanna Wright and school board president and District C Trustee Linda Young.
John White will serve as acting chancellor for the Nevada System of Higher Education starting in July, earning an annual base salary of $303,000.
Tamia Mickles is graduating with a gold medal, two silver medals, a tiara and a resume stacked with extracurricular activities.
He’s a star football and baseball player, homecoming king and valedictorian. But that’s not what matters to Indian Springs High School senior Ryan Frank.
Unless otherwise noted, graduation ceremonies take place at each campus.
One measly point stopped Johnathan Hampton from passing a standardized math test and now the Canyon Springs High School senior won’t be throwing his cap in the air with classmates on June 10.
Efforts are underway to preserve the site of Carson City’s Stewart Indian School’s site, restore buildings and turn it into a historical and Native American cultural center.
Standing before the Los Angeles Unified School Board, Susan Zoller delivered a startling assessment: More than 100,000 students in the nation’s second-largest district were now enrolled in charters, draining more than $500 million from the budget in a single academic year.
The statewide effort to overhaul Nevada’s beleaguered education system has drawn a flood of candidates to nearly a dozen open political seats in Clark County.
Even as state lawmakers face blowback over their support for historic tax hikes to pay for public education reforms, most candidates running for the District A seat on the Clark County School Board would consider raising taxes even higher to fund their priorities.
