FAA investigating Delta jet fu...

Jan 15, 2020 by

FAA investigating Delta jet fuel-dumping on schoolkids

CUDAHY, Calif.  — Federal authorities will investigate why an airliner with engine trouble dumped jet fuel over a densely populated...

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Months after dean positions we...

Jan 14, 2020 by

Months after dean positions were saved in Las Vegas schools, district phasing them out

The Clark County School District is phasing out deans, with just 45 deans remaining across all middle and high schools as of early...

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School district, union reach a...

Aug 29, 2019 by

School district, union reach agreement to avoid teachers strike

The Clark County School District and the teachers union reached an agreement Wednesday to prevent what would have been the largest...

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‘Such a huge gift’...

Apr 28, 2019 by

‘Such a huge gift’: Rogers Foundation awards $2.2 million in scholarships to Las Vegas students

Michelle Sanders had already read the names of a couple dozen Las Vegas area high school seniors when she paused to let the audience...

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Comprehensive plan is the toni...

Mar 4, 2019 by

Comprehensive plan is the tonic needed to improve schools’ health in Nevada

Reducing class sizes, boosting pay for public school teachers and enhancing career and vocational training education are tent-pole...

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Re-emphasis on civics sorely n...

Oct 14, 2018 by

Re-emphasis on civics sorely needed

A recent survey on Americans’ grasp of civics pointed out the dangers of overemphasizing math and reading in classrooms at the...

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15 CCSD students headed to job...

May 28, 2018 by

15 CCSD students headed to jobs at Tesla thanks to workforce training program

The high school seniors wore Tesla hats as they operated the various machines inside the Southeast Career Technical Academy’s...

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Sandoval, school superintenden...

Mar 13, 2018 by

Sandoval, school superintendents agree to create school safety group

Nevada is creating a new advisory group on school safety following a shooting last month at a Florida high school that killed 17....

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With gun control nearing a dea...

Mar 8, 2018 by

With gun control nearing a dead end, the GOP turns to ‘school safety’

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders, turning away from significant gun control legislation, have shifted instead toward measures that...

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Group shows grade school stude...

Feb 19, 2018 by

Group shows grade school students the importance of saving money

Sonia Anderson spent more than two decades working in the credit card counseling and debt management industry. Along the way, she...

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Charter school’s first g...

Jan 8, 2018 by

Charter school’s first graduating class on track for 100 percent college acceptance rate

Seven years ago, a group of elementary school teachers launched an after-school program for fifth-graders. It was so successful and...

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Farm program lets students lea...

Nov 5, 2017 by

Farm program lets students learn hands-on from animals

Paola grabs a fistful of hay and sets it down in front of a 200-pound potbelly pig, who promptly gobbles it up off a concrete slab in...

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How students are overcoming th...

Jul 24, 2017 by

How students are overcoming the nation’s education inequality

Standing on the stage of the Thomas & Mack Center for the 2014 College of Southern Nevada graduation, Carlos Holguin couldn’t...

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Legislature OKs education budg...

Jun 3, 2017 by

Legislature OKs education budget — minus ESA funding

CARSON CITY — A state program to help parents put kids in private school is unfunded in an education budget bill that has now passed...

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A-Tech in a class by itself: M...

May 29, 2017 by

A-Tech in a class by itself: Magnet school models exciting possibilities for public education in Nevada

In U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking of 22,000 public high schools nationwide, Advanced Technologies Academy (A-Tech)...

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Harassment on campus: As CCSD ...

May 22, 2017 by

Harassment on campus: As CCSD revamps its policy on sexual misconduct, one student speaks out about peer-to-peer problem

Clark County School District officials last month held a news conference to address the 11 teachers or staff arrested this school...

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Children on the cusp: The tran...

Mar 13, 2017 by

Children on the cusp: The transition from foster care to adulthood is leaving some behind

By Camalot Todd – “My father could no longer handle me. It was like his parenting skills were ‘I’m going to beat his head in’...

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With takeover on hold, schools...

Feb 27, 2017 by

With takeover on hold, schools take a breath

Life was hard in the weeks leading up to the announcement from Nevada’s new Achievement School District. A handful of mostly...

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Middle school students take on...

Feb 13, 2017 by

Middle school students take on bullying

The gymnasium walls trembled when hundreds of middle school students stomped their feet and chanted, “G-A-M-E, Change the Game.”...

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Weighted school funding plan n...

Feb 12, 2017 by

Weighted school funding plan needs to ‘work for every child’

For proposing new state funding to benefit English language learners and low-income students in Nevada public schools, Gov. Brian...

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