Embattled Clark County School Board President Erin Cranor ended her silence Friday to declare she won’t resign or pull out of the November election, as requested by her opponent in the race for District G.
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Nevada colleges are striving for ways to help struggling students without saddling them with semesters of remedial classes. Enter summer bridge programs.
About $301 million will be spent during the next five years on major capital projects in the Clark County School District, including replacing one school, renovating aging campuses and adding portable classrooms to alleviate student crowding.
College commencements now have hashtags.
Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s first performance review was filled with praise Friday from his seven bosses on the Clark County School Board, who applauded the improvement in teacher morale. But board members also expressed concern over communication with the board and parents, whose children attend the nation’s fifth-largest school district.
Nevada high school freshmen and sophomores in 2014-15 lucked out Thursday when they were freed of the graduation requirement that has kept diplomas from thousands of past students, and will likely do the same for thousands more to come.
Lorraine Alderman announced her resignation Thursday from the Clark County School Board overseeing the nation’s fifth-largest school system, effective Oct. 23.
Kids danced, played basketball and competed in track and field events Sept. 6, all in the name of fighting childhood obesity as part of Vegas PBS’ Keeping Kids Fit program at the Donald W. Reynolds Clubhouse of the Las Vegas Boys & Girls Club.
Las Vegas High School ninth-grader Alyssa Khamvongsa recently reported for her new after-school internship at Goldfarb Elementary School. She is one of 20 high school students interning for Leaders in Training, a new nonprofit organization started by former Goldfarb teacher Erica Mosca.
For kids new to the country and the English language, a 3,000-student high school and class sizes of 40 to 50 probably do not make for the most effective learning environment. A small campus in the Sunrise area caters especially to such students.
Something changes when students with disabilities make the transition from high school to college. The burden of education shifts from school to student. That point was made clear for about 500 college-bound seniors with learning disabilities, as the Clark County School District’s Student Support Services Division hosted three days of workshops at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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