The union-created health trust covering one of the largest employee groups in the state – Clark County’s 17,000 public school teachers – is hemorrhaging money and will be “belly up in 60 to 90 days.”
Education
Like a parent forcing squabbling siblings to sit down and talk things out, Gov. Brian Sandoval came to Las Vegas on Thursday to broker an agreement between Clark County School District officials and teachers union leaders, who refused the district’s requests to collaborate on a $40 million federal grant and then blocked the district’s application.
BASIC HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1982 TO HOST 30-YEAR REUNION THIS WEEKEND
Kevin Raiford, a business professor at the College of Southern Nevada, was recently ranked third on ratemyprofessors.com’s 2011-12 list of top professors.
Statistically, only one in four of these students would graduate from high school. With the help of the I Have a Dream Foundation, it will be nearly impossible for all of them not to.
He died twice in a rollover car accident. But that night April 29 was only the beginning of Pat McGuinness’ misery.
As it turns out, the graduation rate improved by more than predicted in Clark County high schools in 2011-12, jumping from 59 percent to 66 percent.
Triggers for switching overcapacity elementary schools to year-round schedules could soon change.
Tuition has risen so much at UNLV that even summer school attendance is suffering, according to figures from the university.
Capt. James Ketsaa is the new police chief for the Clark County School District, officials announced Tuesday.
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