90°F
weather icon Mostly Cloudy

Education

Parents want monitoring device for autistic son; district balks

Joshua and Britten Wahrer want to equip their son with a monitoring device to track his whereabouts and allow them to eavesdrop on classroom activities. The Clark County School District refused and the parents filed a federal complaint.

Gov. Sisolak names new director for Nevada charter schools

Rebecca Feiden previously served as director and then acting executive director of the Achievement School District, which allows charter schools to either take over or compete against underperforming traditional public schools.

THE LATEST
Las Vegas student arrested after handgun found in backpack

A post on social media that was reported to staff led to the arrest Tuesday of a student at Sunrise Mountain High School, according to Clark County School District police. Officers found an unloaded .38-caliber handgun in his backpack.

UNLV named one of most diverse campuses in US

For the second year in a row, UNLV has been named one of the most diverse undergraduate campuses in the nation.

Clark County schools, teachers to collaborate on budget, lobbying

A three-year contact to be voted on by the School Board on Thursday includes a memorandum of understanding about how any additional funding state lawmakers add to the district’s coffers will be used.

CCSD board passes transgender policy on split vote

Clark County School Board trustees once again cast a split vote to push through a policy addressing the needs of transgender students, after a final meeting of lengthy public comment that featured both support and opposition from parents.

 
Angry CCSD staff air concerns over salary, morale at meeting

High healthcare costs. Frozen salaries. Low morale. Those were the issues that dozens of Clark County School District employees highlighted at a packed School Board meeting on Thursday evening, just four days before the start of school.

1 2 3 4 5 8