UNLV officials who want students to attend football games are considering easing up on student tailgating policies. Members of UNLV’s student government say current tailgating policies discourage student attendance at games.
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The University of Nevada, Reno has announced plans to build a new four-story, 100,000-square foot recreation and fitness center with an $8 million contribution from the E.L. Wiegand Foundation. It will open in 2016.
Millions of dollars funneled to support English language learners, the state’s new Common Core standards and a new mandatory teacher evaluation system were what experts debated Monday during a community conversation about education.
A quarter of Nevada’s 604 public schools were downgraded by the Nevada Department of Education on Monday for students’ performances in the 2012-13 school year, but State Superintendent Dale Erquiaga asserted that it’s not because students are falling further behind.
Policy changes were implemented this fall to prevent UNLV students from putting off remedial courses until late in their college career.
Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Jack Schofield was honored Friday night by his alma mater, the University of Utah, with the College of Science Distinguished Alumni Award.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday was at Cortez Elementary school, near Tonopah Avenue and Lamb Boulevard, to personally see if changes resulting from his Legislature-approved program to set aside $50 million for special attention to English-learning students is paying off.
SPARKS — School district officials say a loud sound that prompted officials to evacuate a Sparks high school was caused by a broken fire sprinkler head.
A top research university would have a major economic impact on the state, UNLV President Neal Smatresk said Thursday during his state of the university address. It would help improve health care and the quality of life for those living in the region and attract new industries to the area, he added.
Although the state has yet to take an official count, the Clark County School District anticipates having record-high enrollments that will tax their crowded schools.