A Nevada Senate committee on Friday heard two bills tied to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s education agenda — providing breakfast in more schools for low-income students and establishing a new office within the Department of Education to combat bullying.
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Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
Common Core computerized testing is not functioning for the second day in three states across the nation, including Nevada, state education officials confirmed Wednesday.
Low-income students will have home Internet access for $9.95 a month and may be eligible for a new computer at $160 through Connect2Compete.
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.
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.