Two Nevada lawmakers are among sponsors of a new bill to expand federal grants for states and schools to provide training in spotting and reporting child sex abuse.
Education
The U.S. Department of Education plans to award $800,000 in grants to boost student services at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and at the College of Southern Nevada.
A Las Vegas judge on Tuesday sentenced a former director of Nevada‘s League of United Latin American Citizens to five years of probation for his part in a scheme to steal thousands of dollars from the Clark County School District.
Business Benefits Inc., which negotiated employee benefits between the district and its health provider, late Thursday accepted settlement to a lawsuit filed in May 2014 over claims that its contract was cut short.
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The complaint claims the school district violated the contract rights and due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution when it fired the teachers at the end of the 2013-14 school year.
Schools supplies and uniforms are needed for children in Clark County’s child welfare system. The Clark County Department of Family Services and foster care organizations in Southern Nevada are accepting donations during a back-to-school donation drive that runs through Aug. 7.
The Clark County School Board provoked a sharp response from state officials when trustees last week blamed Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Nevada Legislature for the Clark County School District’s decision to eliminate all pay increases for its 40,000 employees.
Caitlin Beanan soars suspended from pink strips of silk secured to the rafters of L’Oracle, 7020 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 170, a facility focused on circus arts, gymnastics and fitness.
The school of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas — hamstrung by weak leadership and aimless curriculum — needs an overhaul to raise completion rates and produce more competitive graduates, according to an external review commissioned by UNLV.
When the summer camp they attended and loved was about to close because the founder, Jim Shoop, was retiring, a group of former campers and current adult staff members got together with Shoop to keep it alive.
Full-day kindergarten may be a gateway to higher academic achievement and improved health for Nevada’s youth, according to a recent study from UNLV’s School of Community Health Sciences.
As the Clark County School District will offer no pay increases this upcoming year, approximately 30,000 employees now must wait to see what perks — if any — their labor unions will negotiate with the district.
Even as officials begin preparations to split up the mammoth Clark County School District in a few years, Henderson is already creating what amounts to its own mini-school system.
Nontraditional college students pose a dilemma for state education officials intent on raising Nevada’s dismal college graduation rates.