A Washington state school district pulled 143 students who lacked documentation proving they had received required immunizations from classrooms on Monday, in a first-in-the-state clamp-down triggered by a recent measles epidemic.
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There was nothing routine about a sentencing hearing Tuesday in Atlanta that wrote the final legal chapter of one of the most massive school cheating scandals in the country.
How much would you pay for the secrets behind the Mirage’s volcano eruption or an insider’s look at Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat? How much is a tour behind the scenes at the Adventuredome, the Bellagio’s fountain show or the Shark Reef worth? These and many other venues in town are set to invite the curious in free as part of the Las Vegas Science & Technology Festival, set for April 24 through May 2.
Rancho High School teacher and chef Phillip Dell believes that when life gives you goji berries, dinosaur kale and clotted cream, it’s the perfect Food Network opportunity.
The principal at Henderson’s Dooley Elementary School was reassigned Friday following a weeks-long campaign against her by some parents and teachers.
When school lets out for the summer, many parents opt for summer camps to help keep their children occupied and their minds challenged.
Dozens showed up Friday to support or denounce a Nevada Assembly bill that would require public school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers to be used by students of one gender — and the one designated on their birth certificates.
Clark County School Police are helping to sponsor a free youth job fair for students ages 16 to 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Clark High School.
The Coronado High School marching band felt the luck of the Irish as it traveled nearly 5,000 miles overseas to perform.
Two more underperforming Clark County schools have been given the “turnaround” tag, meaning those campuses will receive extra money and undergo significant staff changes to improve student performance.
Nevada State Board of Education member Alexis Gonzales-Black resigned last week after moving to California to launch a business venture.
Assembly Bill 165, one part of the Republican governor’s ambitious education agenda, authorizes $10.5 million in tax credits over the upcoming two-year budget cycle. The total would increase 10 percent per year thereafter.
A 28-year-old Cashman Middle School teacher was arrested last week on charges of kidnapping and luring a mentally ill child younger than 14 years old for a sexual act.
