Erin Russell, who graduated from UNLV on Saturday, is one of almost 10,000 college students in Nevada getting a new degree or certificate this month, spread around the state’s seven colleges and universities.
Education
Burkholder Middle School students Tayj’ean Thomas, above, and Kayla Moore, at left, re-enact the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the Civil War, on Friday at the school in Henderson. About 300 seventh-grade history students at the school used water balloons to re-create the battle, which was fought July 21, 1861, near Manassas, Va.
For a decade now, engineering students at UNLV have been required to conceive of, design and build a product that should, in theory, sell in the marketplace.
Over the protests of Republicans, the Senate Education Committee approved a bill Friday to allow high school seniors to secure full-fledged diplomas even if they fall a couple of points short of the standards on one section of the proficiency exam.
Students from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are preparing business plans to compete for $25,000 this month in the Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Cup at Red Rock Resort. Graduate and undergraduate teams are set to compete against students from Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Besides teaching math at the Northwest Career and Technical Academy, Mark Jimenez is teaching five online courses to make ends meet for his family, which includes four daughters. He said his frustration with upcoming cuts to Nevada education funding prompted him to start the Facebook group Nevadans for Funding Education in Nevada.
Although Angela Foucher has been named the New Teacher of the Year at Gene Ward Elementary School, her position is being eliminated due to budget cuts and her lack of seniority.
Proposed budget cuts to education threaten to increase some class sizes in Las Vegas to more than 50 students. Principals at every level agree it will hurt students.
The Nevada-based Desert Research institute’s ability to make money might not protect it from lawmakers and education officials looking to cut hundreds of millions in state spending over the next two years.
As Nevada lawmakers tackle a budget crisis, higher education is a huge target. Nevada State College college might be killed outright, or folded into another institution.
To deal with proposed budget cuts, higher education leaders are considering a host of options, including merging Nevada State College into UNLV. Some programs are on the chopping block, too.