For the first time, Hispanics edged by Caucasians to become Nevada’s largest student group last year.
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The Southern Nevada Health District is offering low-cost vaccinations for local students to safeguard from mumps, hepatitis A and B, chicken pox, whooping cough and more.
Back-To-School fairs set at area malls
BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIRS SET AT AREA SHOPPING MALLS
Sebring Frehner spent some time studying at UNLV and the community college and didn’t find what he was looking for. He never felt connected to either place.
“The school is just a building,” says Principal Ron Montoya while clearing out his Valley High School office on Wednesday.
The Clark County School District’s graduation rate ranges from 46 percent to 65 percent, depending on the calculation system being used.
Stalled negotiations between the cash-strapped Clark County School District and its teachers union might put 800 jobs at risk.
The skate team sponsored by the Winchester Cultural Center has proved a lifesaver for 12 youths who say participation in the sport inspired them to want to graduate.
When Del Sol High School teacher Patty Ellsworth begins teaching her 10th-grade world history class this fall, she’ll draw from personal knowledge of the subject matter. She and two other local teachers traveled across Turkey in July as part of a trip sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation and the World Affairs Council of Las Vegas.
Students from across the Las Vegas Valley designed their own roller coasters and created a model city from recycled materials as part of Camp Invention at the Cumorah Academy, 6000 W. Oakey Blvd., July 18-22.
Public schools struggling under the testing mandates of No Child Left Behind were handed a lifeline Monday by the Obama administration that will allow them to opt out of the federal education reform.