Gov. Joe Lombardo announced the “Acing Accountability” initiative during a news conference at Mater Academy Mountain Vista, a public charter school in Las Vegas.
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The move comes amid a teacher shortage that has led to some students not having a regular licensed teacher in their classroom.
Boyd Gaming will bring its innovation center to a building at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in a joint innovation and training effort.
The money will go toward the planting of about 3,000 trees in neighborhoods surrounding UNLV and in east Las Vegas, the Historic Westside and some parts of North Las Vegas.
A Las Vegas judge said Tuesday that she plans to deny an anti-SLAPP motion from the teacher’s union to dismiss a school district lawsuit.
A surprise ceremony was held Tuesday in Las Vegas to recognize a high school English teacher as “Nevada Teacher of the Year.”
About 20 people attended a rally Tuesday outside the Clark County School District’s administrative center on West Sahara Avenue to push for teacher raises.
Former UNLV President Carol Harter, who served the institution for longer than anyone else who has held the position, died on Friday. She was 82.
The Nevada Department of Education released results Friday from the Smarter Balanced assessments. Third through eighth graders took the standardized tests this spring.
A judge declared Wednesday that a teacher strike had occurred and ordered a preliminary injunction. The Clark County Education Association asked the Nevada Supreme Court for an emergency stay.
The Moapa Educational Support Center, located on the reservation of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, has been working to raise awareness and bring more students and teachers to the building.
Clark County Education Association leadership presented a slide suggesting “selective sick outs” to thousands of union members during a late July meeting, photos show.
Two people were asked by police to leave the school board meeting after yelling at trustees while they considered an item about a Sex Education Advisory Committee.
The Clark County Education Association filed an emergency motion Thursday with the Nevada Supreme Court seeking to halt a preliminary injunction.
An employee at a North Las Vegas high school was arrested Tuesday.