On the eve of National School Choice Week, Las Vegas will host its second annual School Choice Fair on Saturday, featuring 65 local schools.
Aleksandra Appleton
Former education reporter
A student’s family is accusing Clark County School District officials of failing to take adequate action when he was allegedly threatened with death.
The School Board on Thursday will vote on $1.8 million in payments to settle two lawsuits alleging that a former special education teacher abused students.
The school district’s zoning commission abandoned some proposed boundary changes, but recommended moving ahead with changes for middle schools in Summerlin and North Las Vegas.
Two candidates have stepped forward to run for the Clark County School Board District C seat, while a challenger to board President Lola Brooks has emerged in Summerlin.
The education funding debate is not unique to the Silver State; nearby states have an array of approaches, with no one having found the right balance.
Plan to relocate Fremont Middle School students for two years would displace two-thirds of the master teachers who train student teacher candidates from UNLV, they say.
The resolution sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, appears unlikely to pass the Senate and faces a potential veto by President Donald Trump if it does.
The Clark County teachers union unveiled a second voter initiative Wednesday afternoon that would hike a portion of the state’s sales tax, raising more than $1 billion for education in Nevada.
A white nationalist group known for targeting college campuses with its messaging has been linked to flyers posted at two colleges in Henderson.
Clark County School District students — particularly black and Hispanic students — have unequal access to opportunities at every level of education in the system, according to a report released Tuesday.
Two different proposals would move the school’s attendance boundaries south and west, redirecting new sixth-graders to Becker Middle School and Johnson Middle School instead.
Amanda Kennedy served two years in the district communications role, resigning in 2013 shortly after the appointment of Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent.
The series of free classes will help parents identify the signs of bullying and learn how to report it.
But critics question whether these programs can narrow the early education gap between well-to-do urban residents and low-income families and rural residents.
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