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Program allows company employees to give students a boost

When staff members at the Nevada Title Company and its affiliate, Nevada Construction Services, delivered school and personal grooming supplies to fifth-grade students at Ira J. Earl Elementary School, 1463 Marion Drive, they hoped they were delivering a piece of the puzzle to create more successful students.

CCSD criticized for awarding teacher raises by seniority

A national education group slammed the Clark County School District and the local teachers union on Wednesday for planning to award $54 million in teacher pay raises based on seniority, not performance.

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Las Vegas Book Briefs for Oct. 9-15, 2014

Literary events this week include Star Wars Reads Day with the Jedi Scouts and a presentation by Michelle C. Reilly.

Literary Las Vegas: Jagdish Patel

Las Vegas author Jagdish Patel shares stories of keeping his romance secret in a time when arranged marriages were the rule and “boys and girls didn’t date, so most college graduates had never touched a woman.”

Shots fired at North Las Vegas police officer

A person shot at North Las Vegas police officers from a vehicle Wednesday afternoon before fleeing on foot, police say.

CCSD superintendent sorry for secrecy around sex education changes

Plans to alter sex education in Clark County schools have been scrapped in the wake of protests from the community and several School Board members, who criticized the district for the secrecy in which curriculum changes were discussed.

Nevada’s population seen reaching 3.3 million in 2033

Nevada’s population could end up growing by more than 290,000 from 2000 to 2020, the Nevada State Demographer’s Office at the University of Nevada, Reno, reported Wednesday.

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