It wasn’t your normal Thanksgiving meal for the needy, but so much more.
Education
She wraps her little fingers around the top of a 10-pound bag of potatoes half her height and drags it off the table. Hugging it tight, she waddles out the door.
The representation tug of war drags on for 11,000 Clark County School District bus drivers, janitors and other support staff being courted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
In 2004, only 7 percent of students at Williams Elementary School passed the state’s reading test. Only 8 percent were proficient in math. Last school year, those numbers were up to 43 percent and 61 percent, respectively, leading to Williams being named a National Title I Distinguished School by the National Title I Association.
The Nevada Association of School Boards honored Review-Journal reporter Trevon Milliard as its 2012 outstanding education print reporter.
The month-long Rebel Reading Challenge kicked off Wednesday with 7,000 screaming fourth- and fifth-graders at the Thomas & Mack Center, pitting the classes of 37 elementary schools against each other to see whose students can read the most pages.
A new system of 4,541 solar panels is expected to save Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School about $140,000 on its annual power bill.
What can Liberace’s clothing tell us about Las Vegas history? That is what some University of Nevada, Las Vegas students are exploring in a new exhibit at the Nevada State Museum at the Springs Preserve.
Six local schools will be splitting a $3 million federal grant to start high-tech science, engineering and math programs intended to increase student interest in these fields.