In this school year’s official head count, which took place Friday, Hispanic students outnumbered any two other ethnicities combined in the Clark County School District. Their numbers are rising at twice the rate that the Caucasian student population is declining.
Students will now be allowed to enter the tailgate area with their student IDs. The fee for students to enter the area was dropped to $10 per vehicle, but non-students will still have to pay $20 per vehicle. Last year, the fee was $40 per car.
Brad Honious, associate vice president for financial aid, told the Review-Journal in an email that his resignation was effective Wednesday.
The Nevada Commission on Ethics unanimously denied Clark County School Board President Carolyn Edwards’ request Wednesday to throw out its investigation of her actions during last year’s general election – and will instead dig deeper into whether she violated state law that prohibits spending public dollars to lobby for a measure to increase property taxes.
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.
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.
Officials at the Washoe County School District in Northern Nevada are celebrating a jump in the 2013 high school graduation rate.
