A widening rift between state teacher’s union and its Clark County local — exacerbated by competing priorities during the just-concluded 2017 legislative session — has gone public.
Education
A group of parents and community members has successfully lobbied the Clark County School District to develop a plan that would allow middle-school students to stay at the Fremont Professional Development Middle School, and are hopeful the board will approve it.
About 60 students marched on the UNLV campus Wednesday at the second annual “No More Shame Slut Walk” to protest rape culture and end victim-blaming.
The Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission is urging the Clark County School District to save historic Las Vegas High School.
On Saturday, the second annual Heart of Education awards — sponsored by the Smith Center and Rogers Foundation — will honor 20 teachers for commitment to their profession. Hundreds of finalists also are expected to attend the event that begins at 7 p.m. at the Smith Center.
Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank ” investor Mark Cuban was honored Sunday evening during the Adelson Educational Campus’ 13th annual In Pursuit of Excellence Gala at the Venetian.
Move over guinea pigs, there’s a new class pet in town. They may not be furry or conventionally cute, but they do wiggle.
The Clark County School Board unanimously approved an $80,000 settlement with transgender police officer Bradley Roberts, bringing an end to a discrimination lawsuit that began in 2012.
The Clark County School Board voted 6-1 on Thursday night to declare district campuses as a safe space for all students, regardless of their immigration status. The move is not a plan to make district schools sanctuary campuses, but to reaffirm the protections already provided to students under federal law, Trustee Carolyn Edwards said.
Las Vegas Councilman Ricki Barlow and Mayor Carolyn Goodman are among the elected officials who will rededicate the historic building Saturday morning.
A law professor who was turned down for UNLV’s presidency may soon claim a job overseeing all of the state’s public colleges — a move drawing skepticism from legislators already bristling at the state of Nevada’s higher education system.
For the last few months, students within the Clark County School District developed proposals for space-related projects to be submitted to the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. At a May 4 program at the Desert Research Institute, students from Batterman, Vanderburg and Wright elementary schools received word they were finalists for the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education-sponsored program.
The Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., is launching Investigating History, a comprehensive educational outreach program to be offered to Clark County schools.
Vegas Verdes Elementary School was bustling Saturday morning as many other Las Vegas Valley schools sat silent.
A special education teacher with the Clark County School District faces abuse charges after colleagues reported that he hit and threw an autistic student who is unable to speak.
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