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Legislature approves slow start for UNLV medical school

A subcommittee approved Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget recommendation for $1.2 million in Fiscal Year 2016 and $7.1 million in 2017 to start development of the medical school, but not the $26.7 million needed to start operations in 2017.

 
ROTC cadets take over UNLV ‘battleground’ for mental, physical exercise

Sixty-five Army ROTC cadets turned UNLV’s practice football field into a battleground Friday in an exercise to combine their math and science coursework with leadership skills to apply what they know about leverage, tensile strength, teamwork and trust.

WWII vets give Vegas students straight answers

It was hard. It was tough. It was cold. He got yelled at a lot. And that’s just basic training, retired Army Spc. Salvatore Cirifalco explained to Celia Roberts’ fifth-grade classroom at French Elementary School in Las Vegas on Friday.

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CCSD draws fire from Moapa Valley parents over sex education

Hundreds of Moapa Valley residents had the chance to speak out on their own turf Thursday at a public input meeting about Clark County School District’s now-scrapped sex education curriculum changes.

UNLV encourages students to ‘do the math’

More UNLV students are envisioning futures in science, math, technology and math fields. Its engineering college welcomed about 28 percent more freshmen this year than it did last year

Helping hands: Teen father benefits from Chaparral’s array of social services

Many hands offer help to Chaparral High School senior James “Bubba” Dukes, a teen father who faces crisis after crisis as he reaches for a diploma. The school provides free diapers, baby formula, food, clothes and supplies through services unrivaled by the district’s 48 other high schools.

Nevada regents re-elect Page, Trachok to top posts

RENO — The Nevada Board of Regents voted Friday to re-elect Kevin Page of Las Vegas as the board’s chairman and Rick Trachok of Reno as its vice chairman.

Task force says staffers not using tools to fight school bullying

Clark County Schools and the state have sufficient requirements in place to investigate, report and discipline bullies, but school workers need to better follow them, a special school district task force on bullying said Wednesday.

Students use video game to explore engineering concepts at Alexander Dawson

The Alexander Dawson School was selected as one of 12 pilot sites in the country to test a multiplayer computer game that teaches middle school students engineering and technology concepts. Students must pass 10 different game levels set in the Alaskan tundra.

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