Alleged abuse of a mute special education student at Variety School may result in the Clark County School District paying a $205,000 settlement.
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Len Jessup, dean of the University of Arizona’s Eller School of Management and one of three candidates to be UNLV’s next president, told a packed audience of faculty, students and alumni that he was ready to take on the mandate of making the university a prestigious research school.
The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and Brookings Mountain West will release their “Cracking the Code on STEM: A People Strategy for Nevada’s Economy” report during a panel discussion at The Innevation Center in southwest Las Vegas.
As the first of three finalists in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas presidential search wrapped up two days of interviews, it became clear some university faculty are ready for new, outside leadership.
A weeklong exploration of the triumphs and tribulations of three candidates seeking to become UNLV president began Monday as Georgia Regents University President Ricardo Azziz took center stage.
At-risk students got a boost Oct. 14 when Station Casinos handed out more than $50,000 in support to 10 primary schools through its Smart Start incentive.
Education Initiative opponents didn’t expect such a landslide defeat. Neither did pollsters, whose work showed the proposed margins tax to be everything from a voter favorite to a statistical toss-up.
It was hard. It was tough. It was cold. He got yelled at a lot. And that’s just basic training, retired Army Spc. Salvatore Cirifalco explained to Celia Roberts’ fifth-grade classroom at French Elementary School in Las Vegas on Friday.
Hundreds of Moapa Valley residents had the chance to speak out on their own turf Thursday at a public input meeting about Clark County School District’s now-scrapped sex education curriculum changes.
Kelly Elementary School didn’t receive vindication Thursday from accusations at the state level that it cheated on Nevada standardized tests in 2012 to increase scores.
The value of Clark County School District’s 357 campuses and real estate totals a whopping $7 billion, but the cost of needed renovations in the coming years is roughly just as much, according to district officials.
From serving Mexican food to singing La Cucaracha on the guitar, retired language teacher Dr. J. Marlan Walker is a Henderson legend. Well-respected throughout the community, it only made sense when former students, family and friends nominated Walker for an elementary school namesake.
Voters didn’t agree with the Clark County School Board on its pick to replace the former District D trustee. Constituents voted out appointee Stavan Corbett, who resigned from the Nevada State Board of Education in December 2013 to finish Lorraine Alderman’s term and was seeking his own four-year term beginning next year.
Health care options are expanding in the Las Vegas Valley thanks to Touro University Nevada, which expanded its health clinic and added a new active aging center this year.