Julienne Paraiso, a graduate of Durango High School and a senior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was one of 15 undergraduate students who participated this summer in the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Scholars Institute. She and other students paired with professors in their fields of interest to carry out research projects.
Education
A U.S. Department of Education official plans to pick the brains of Las Vegas teachers and students in a warm-up to a cross-country bus tour that starts next week in California.
The Clark County School Board gave permission for officials to apply for $40 million in federal grant money that would help bring back several special education and at-risk programs that were recently cut while looking to boost student achievement where it’s lacking.
Clark County Education Association President Ruben Murillo has made the teachers union’s stance clear: no “cuts in salary or benefits.” That point was hammered home when about 1,400 teachers met Aug. 20 at Alexis Park Resort to “provide guidance” to CCEA leadership in the ongoing contract negotiations with the Clark County School District.
Teachers were able to snag free school supplies, including backpacks, markers and pens, at MGM Resorts International’s second annual Educator Appreciation Day Aug. 18.
The legal battle continues over presenting voters with a ballot question seeking a property tax increase.
Budgets of Northern Nevada community colleges were pushed one step closer to the chopping block on Wednesday.
A legislative committee supported a new funding formula Tuesday that would increase dollars to Clark County schools and decrease funding for all others in Nevada.
