With school out for the summer, Clark County School District trustees are spending a little quality time with students outside the classroom through the district’s new initiative, Trustees Teach: Education Through Exploration, a series of student events that trustees will participate in before school starts Aug. 27. The first event, the Self Esteem and Etiquette Workshop, was July 17 at Nehemiah Ministries.
Local libraries and museums are looking for help from the community to document local black history. They will take memories, photos, artifacts and anything else to help tell the story of black people in Southern Nevada.
The expected three- to five-year project is a collaboration among University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, the Nevada State Museum, Henderson Libraries, the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, the city of Las Vegas and Vegas PBS.
Pat Skorkowsky is the new deputy superintendent of the Clark County School District.
Wanda Mallard, a Southeast Career Technical Academy math teacher, was part of a group of Clark County educators who recently received training on energy efficiency.
Nevada’s ranking for public education has hit rock bottom, according to a new national study on children’s well-being.
Clark County School District is banking on new leadership to help four struggling “turnaround” schools. In a way, being some of the consistently lowest-performing schools is the best thing that could have happened to them.
Even though Lori Bossy has found a new home in Henderson for her private school, Montessori Visions Academy , her ousting from her first location has left her feeling disappointed .
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas recently hosted the second annual CampUs Las Vegas program to help prepare kids for high school and college.
The polished stone plaque, a pretty trinket carved with 17 inspirational words, is more than just a desk decoration.
