In the small rural town of Austin in central Nevada, valedictorian Kendra Willis might be the loneliest high school graduate on the loneliest road in America.
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With plans underway for Nevada public schools to receive more state dollars for students in poverty or who are English language learners, it should come as little surprise that the CCSD put its support in writing for the new funding formula.
A panel of lawmakers on Thursday agreed to delay for one year a new statewide performance evaluation system for public school teachers and administrators. The new evaluation system was proposed to begin in the 2014-15 school year, but the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee was told it is not ready to be implemented.
The scholarship portion of a new education program Starbucks is offering to help workers pay for an online degree consists of a discount from Arizona State University, not money from the chain.
RENO— In response to pleas from historic preservationists, University of Nevada, Reno officials have dropped a proposal to demolish a pair of residence halls built more than a century ago.
A panel of lawmakers opted Tuesday to support recommendations to strengthen Nevada’s community colleges within the existing governing structure rather than embrace more dramatic changes sought by some advocates.
Despite an economy that is starting to turn around, the number of children living in poverty in Nevada is slightly above the national average, according to an annual analysis of children’s well-being released Wednesday.
Clark County School District officials on a quest for one health plan to serve all 30,000 employees on Monday received a consultant’s $158,350 analysis on how to leverage its status as the state’s largest employer. But a lawsuit filed May 29 in District Court may throw a wrench into the works.
A former Clark County teacher’s aide accused of aggressively handling two special needs students in the classroom is expected to plead guilty to child neglect charges, a prosecutor said. Lachelle James, who was arrested in March 2012 on five counts of child abuse and one count of battery, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Monday, according to court records.