With a recommendation on the table to alter Nevada’s education funding formula to increase spending on at-risk pupils, a state panel was told Thursday that the next step will be to determine the financial ramifications of such a change on Nevada’s 17 school districts.
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A panel of state officials and educators on Wednesday recommended a significant change to how Nevada allocates public education dollars to account for the challenges of educating students in poverty and those who are not fluent in English.
Advanced placement Spanish and culture teacher Beth Leinwand received $2,500 from the school’s Innovative School Team to fund a mini cultural museum project for her students.
Nevada’s first lady, Kathleen Sandoval, is kicking off an early education initiative in Northern Nevada, calling on businesses and civic organizations to help young students prepare for a lifetime of learning.
Internationally known painter and sculptor Graham Knuttel of Ireland is teaming up with students from the Las Vegas Academy of Arts to paint a mural to be placed on the Neonopolis building.
Justin Brecht, Clark County’s educator of the month, is the mind behind an extended-day fifth-grade class that teaches students life and academic skills with the goal of preparing them for middle school, high school and one day, college.
Roseman University of Health Sciences and the Nevada Cancer Institute Foundation have completed a merger that will reopen the cancer institute building in Las Vegas and could lead to the creation of a medical school at the site by 2017.
Kick. Push. Coast. Turn. Heels down. Chest up. Jump. Hands out. Bend knees. Land. Hands down. Kick. Push. Coast.
The original Variety School campus was built in 1952. The school’s new campus opened at 2800 E. Stewart Ave. Jan. 7, providing vocational training and other programs for special needs students.
After the completion of $33 million in renovations, the days of boiling hot or freezing classrooms are over at Clark High School, 4291 Pennwood Ave.
Sponsored by the Department of Defense, Starbase Nellis is an education program that provides students with 25 hours of classroom learning and experiments, while introducing them to careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Parents had a chance to take their concerns, big and small, straight to Clark County School Board Trustee Lorraine Alderman at a recent open forum, Making Connections, at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center.
