Education
Child Focus, 4310 S. Cameron St., Suite 12, is going to give 80 foster siblings a back-to-school shopping spree Saturday and is accepting donations through Thursday to help fill backpacks that will be given to each student at the event.
Teachers from the Clark County School District took part in a weeklong series of workshops and activities focused on energy efficiency July 23-27 as part of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Teachers Academy.
Hours after a judge ruled the petition defective Monday, a teachers union leader said it will correct and refile its proposal for a business margins tax to raise money for public education.
Given that scientists say one of the greatest public health victories of the last century was the discovery of safe and effective vaccines, it comes as little surprise to most parents in Nevada that children must have the appropriate vaccinations to attend school.
Nearly a quarter-billion dollars in college scholarships is being offered to Clark County School District’s graduating class of 2012, breaking the record set one year ago, Superintendent Dwight Jones announced Friday.
Once again, a Republican lawmaker will attempt to pass a school choice bill at the Legislature over the expected strong opposition of Democrats.
Triggers for switching overcapacity elementary schools to year-round schedules could soon change.
Taking a highly political job at age 75 has an advantage – freedom, said Nevada’s new Superintendent of Public Schools James Guthrie, who revealed five changes in store for the nation’s bottom-ranked educational system in a speech Tuesday.
The school librarian or the auto shop class? One had to go.
To help struggling students, this school is giving Monopoly a chance. Rather, Hendersonopoly. Newton Elementary School, 571 Greenway Road, is creating a hyperlocal version of the popular board game using Henderson businesses, officials and patrons to fill its board.
The Chinese students had not been in America for 24 hours, and already they were being forced to fend for themselves. The 10 students were each given five $1 bills to order a snack from Starbucks or McDonald’s, without any help from their American counterparts. It was part of a two-week immersion program, USA Ready Study, being hosted by the Adelson Educational Campus, 9700 W. Hillpointe Road.