Touro University Nevada’s autism center unveiled a new name and new look Wednesday, promising that an increase in staff and space will cut waitlist times for families seeking services.
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For the past two years, Mark Jacoby has prepared groups of students for their “Warren.” Warren spends his days missing meals, getting picked last in kickball, and not getting the care and nurture that kids deserve. With a sheet of paper, Jacoby demonstrates the toll it takes on Warren’s self-worth, ripping away pieces until only a strip remains. Warren is imaginary, but the situation is not.
Jillian Lafave, a former Valley High School teacher arrested in January on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a student, never received a license to teach in Nevada.
Construction crews this week will start building a new $59 million home for UNLV’s hospitality school, a four-story facility that will boast a high-tech kitchen, a student-run cafe and sweeping views of the glimmering Las Vegas skyline.
A Clark County woman claims the negligence of UNLV’s dental school caused her to spend seven days in a Las Vegas hospital last year.
UNLV State of the University address planned
A judge heard testimony Tuesday but did not decide on the punishment for a former Clark County School District official who admitted stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the district.
Nevada education officials will hit pause on the state’s school accountability ratings following weeks of computer glitches that have marred an online student testing system. The State Board of Education on Thursday voted to carry over the one- to five-star ratings that individual campuses received in the 2013-14 school year to the 2014-15 school year.
The father of a former Foothill High School student has filed a civil rights lawsuit that accuses the Clark County School District of acting with “deliberate indifference” toward the conduct of an English teacher who lured the teenager into an inappropriate relationship.
As more than 43 high school teams convened for the FIRST® Robotics Las Vegas Regional Competition, it’s easy to focus on the students and the intricate robots they designed, but their mentors and coaches are the reason they’re able to compete in the first place.
Your average 11-year-old might be stumped if suddenly asked to imagine being the mayor of a city. For Bryce Revnew and Andrew Derecho of Henderson, it was old hat.
Nevada’s underperforming public schools are about to feel the squeeze from state education officials who have long identified the chronic strugglers but have done little more than watch them.
Del Sol High School teacher Tina Miller gives students a lift other math hurdles, named October Educator of the Month.
College of Southern Nevada anthropology and communications professor Jennifer Basquiat will be teaching a spring course called “Zombies, Fear, and the Other,” which will explore zombies from voodoo folklore to cult horror films to cultural phenomenon.
