Two top-tier research universities in Nevada have lost a combined nearly $40 million in federal funding.
Education
A Clark County School District teacher assistant was arrested and faces charges of child abuse and battery.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s directive to eliminate DEI programs or lose federal education funding.
Three Nevada university presidents joined a nationwide coalition of academic leaders in a joint letter opposing President Donald Trump’s broad efforts to reshape academia through the “coercive use of public research funding.”
Gov. Joe Lombardo said his education reform bill includes bonuses for high-performing teachers and a “tiered intervention system” for underperforming schools.
The Clark County School Board approved a contract for a superintendent finalist to serve as a deputy superintendent for the Clark County School District.
Employees at Chaparral High School are speaking out about what they say is a toxic work environment that leaves teachers and support staff fearful and students with a discriminatory education.
After serving at the helm of the university for nearly two months, Chris Heavey has been named UNLV’s interim president.
UNLV said seven students have had their visas affected by the Trump administration’s crackdown as dozens of students, faculty and community members gathered to protest.
A petition that has drawn over 200 signatures calls on the Clark County School District to save the junior ROTC program, which is set to end next year because of budget cuts.
A parent is accused of entering Bailey Middle School in March and threatening to shoot and kill a teacher who allegedly mocked her daughter, according to emails between the school and Clark County School District officials.
A psychiatrist who has practiced in Southern Nevada for nearly two decades was named interim dean of UNLV’s medical school.
Six CCCSD and two UNLV students won $10,000 for their schools’ art programs and had their Earth Day-themed artwork displayed on the Sphere.
A high school in the northwest Las Vegas Valley was closed due to a power outage.
The Clark County School Board is expected to decide on whether Jesse Welsh should be appointed deputy superintendent of teaching and learning.