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Nevada’s increased education spending tries to hit a moving target

As the state’s population grows more diverse, more funding is going to help students from low-income families and English language learners. But education advocates say that doesn’t lift kids who aren’t in those challenged groups.

School supply drives hit high gear in Clark County

Various groups, programs aim to ensure that teachers and students have enough pens, pencils, notebooks, backpacks and other items to get through the school year starting Aug. 14.

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Judge orders CCSD to expand record searches in RJ lawsuit

A judge handed the Las Vegas Review-Journal another victory Tuesday in its public records lawsuit against the Clark County School District, ordering the system to conduct more extensive searches of records regarding inappropriate behavior by Trustee Kevin Child.

CES tests tech pitches from Las Vegas teens

On Sunday, the last day of CES 2017, five young entrepreneurs in businesslike black blazers and slacks pitched ideas quickly: for a mobile technology safety feature, a nutrition-based concept and an innovative medical device.

Teachers to shadow engineers operating robotics system

Two teachers from Southeast Career and Technical Academy began a two-week internship Tuesday shadowing production engineers who operate the Fanuc robotics system at Clearwater Paper in North Las Vegas. It’s the same robotics system that future Faraday Future engineers will operate.

Volunteers clean up UNLV-owned vacant land — PHOTOS

When the University of Nevada, Las Vegas purchased a 42-acre plot of vacant land on Tropicana Avenue in December, Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow was the first to reach out to the academic institution.