Centennial High School math teacher Carminda Ranches, a stalwart figure at the northwest valley campus, was recently named Clark County’s Educator of the Month for December.
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It seems Sandoval is prepared to gamble much of his political capital on a plan to drag Nevada into the future after 150 years of modest goals, tight spending and reliance on gaming and tourism to provide the basic needs of hardy Nevadans and a school system whose graduation rate is one of the worst in the nation.
Gov. Brian Sandoval warned Friday that if Nevada lawmakers don’t extend sun-setting taxes and approve new tax revenue the state could face across-the-board budget cuts as deep as 20 percent, damaging an already dismal education system.
In a Friday ceremony Building D at the College of Southern Nevada’s West Charleston campus was named for Paul Meacham.
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When the Civil War breaks out, 17-year-old Roy Fox is asked to use his knowledge of the area’s terrain to carry messages to Confederate leaders. His elusiveness in evading Union capture earns him the title The Gray Fox.
Several hundred charter, online, private and home-schooled students, parents and administrators converged on the Capitol grounds Wednesday to promote school choice in Nevada.
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky began his state of the district address on Monday by praising specialty magnet programs, but warned that enrollment is rapidly growing in the crowded school system.
Touro University Nevada announced it has hired former UNLV administrator Raymond W. Alden, III to be provost of its Henderson campus.
The Clark County School District’s graduation rates for the second year continue to hover around 71 percent, with 16,604 students receiving diplomas in 2014. However, the 70.9 percent graduation rate was lower than the 2013 high of 71.5 percent, when 16,194 students graduated.
Clark County School District officials continue to flesh out the details of their evolving transportation plans for students attending next year’s expanded magnet programs.
Clark County School District board members learned the results of a sex education survey conducted over the past few months at a Thursday meeting.
It may have started as a male-dominated profession, but after more than 30 years in the trade, Jamie Ann Yocono has proved that women can thrive in the woodworking industry. Besides making a profit from her work, she has inspired a generation of women and men to pursue creative projects through the classes she teaches at her business, Wood It Is!, 2267 W. Gowan Road, No. 106.
During their years of teaching math classes part-time at UNLV, student Chris Southworth and graduate Jessica Robinson have seen many freshman students struggle with basic equations. Math classes become so problematic that they’ve witnessed students resort to switching majors, completely altering their career paths and their lives.