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Nevada treasurer plants college seed money in kindergarten

Every kindergartner in Nevada public schools now has a college savings account with a $50 balance. The Nevada state treasurer’s office opened these 35,000 accounts and made the $1.8 million in deposits using no taxpayer money, repeating what it did last year for that kindergarten class of about the same size.

CCSD parents offered math classes to help students

Classes are now being offered to parents of Clark County School District students, teaching them how to help their children with math homework.

UNLV audience hears push for state appeals court

Supreme court justices continued their campaign asking the public to vote yes on the initiative to establish a Nevada Court of Appeals during a panel discussion at Boyd Law School on Monday.

Prospects improve for new Boulder City high school

Boulder City has been waiting years for a promised high school makeover, only to be told time and again to wait and make do with a 1945 campus, but there may be hope.

CCSD has third straight year of record enrollment

The Clark County School District counted 318,597 students on Friday, marking the third-consecutive record year for its official enrollment.

CCSD says crowded school solution isn’t elementary

If all pre-kindergarten students were removed from Clark County public schools it would free up space equal to 10 new elementary schools.

 
Snyder focus: UNLV academic reputation, medical school

UNLV President Don Snyder remains focused on growing the university’s academic reputation and creating a medical school so that 20 years from now the school will be “an academic brand name,” he said during his first State of the University address Thursday.

‘O’ swimmer inspired to splash into broadcasting

They say that “if you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life.” Such is the life of Henderson resident Christina Jones. Through her love for swimming, her career in broadcast journalism blossomed.

UNLV celebrates state-of-the-art, world-class supercomputer

In a few days, UNLV will be welcoming Intel’s “Cherry Creek” supercomputer, which was ranked in 2013 as the 400th fastest supercomputer in the world and the 41st most energy-efficient and powerful computer in the world.