Over the last several years, as the state’s higher education system has fought against and endured budget cuts, it has been typical for the elected student leaders at the state’s colleges and universities to go along with higher ed leaders and preach against the cuts.
Education
Reading independence isn’t common among 2-year-olds, unless they’re like Amanda Marks.
The two girls became friends as third-graders.
CARSON CITY – A Washington, D.C.-headquartered education research firm was chosen Friday by an interim legislative committee to carry out a $125,000 study aimed at finding a new way to fund public schools in Nevada.
John Cole won’t be fighting to keep his seat on the School Board that oversees the nation’s fifth-largest system, the Clark County School District, and 308,000 students.
An unusual battle has ignited between the Clark County School District and the teachers union, adding to an already fiery, nine-month war that sides have said will end in either 1,000 teachers layoffs or a pay freeze.
To help keep the Earth clean, kids at the Goddard School in Henderson spent March learning how to conserve energy by eating without the lights on and recycling.
For one day every year, Las Vegas High School history teacher Dan Robinson and his students transform a classroom at the school at 6500 E. Sahara Ave. into a Holocaust museum.
Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School student Alex Giuliani is prepping for the Las Vegas Open and Southwest Regional Benchpress, Deadlift and Pushpull Championship, set for May 6 at CrossFit Las Vegas. He hopes to surpass the raw deadlift record of 460 pounds in the 13-to-15 age division for 198 pounds or under.