A 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of 10 earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment at the University of Nevada, Reno’s new Earthquake Engineering Lab.
Education
Nevada lawmakers’ experiment last school year in giving $17.4 million to 14 Clark County elementary schools that teach English language learning students and post poor academic performance has shown early success.
College students in Nevada who do not complete college-level introductory math courses early on in their studies are far less likely to graduate than those who do, a new report shows.
Bart Patterson, who became president of Nevada State College in 2012, sees his role as “helping change family trees.”
Efforts to eliminate extra pay for teachers who earn advanced degrees are gaining momentum in a small but growing number of U.S. schools, stirring a national debate about how best to compensate quality educators and angering teachers who say the extra training is valuable.
The Nevada Policy Research Institute released a report this week claiming to have found 33 ways to improve Nevada’s education system without spending more taxpayer money.
The Clark County School District has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit that accused Henderson’s Greenspun Middle School staff and district officials of failing to take action when two boys were bullied.
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, known as The Center, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to celebrate a new partnership with the city of Las Vegas and UNLV.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation can afford Hillary Clinton’s much-debated $225,000 fee to speak at its annual fundraising dinner, having sold out the Oct. 13 event’s best tables at $20,000-a-pop.
The Foundation to Assist Young Musicians’ Violins for Kids program began years ago when an elementary school principal was looking for ways to keep his students out of a local gang. The group hosted its summer program in June.
Graduating, always a long shot for Chaparral High School senior James “Bubba” Dukes, becomes even more unlikely after he gets into a fight. The football player hoping for an athletic scholarship is still short a year’s worth of credits.
She never told her family that her then-stepfather had raped her when she was 8, then revealed the allegation in a college application essay. Telling her painful story to a jury finally put it to rest, she wrote in a statement read Monday as her ex-stepfather was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Many hands offer help to Chaparral High School senior James “Bubba” Dukes, a teen father who faces crisis after crisis as he reaches for a diploma. The school provides free diapers, baby formula, food, clothes and supplies through services unrivaled by the district’s 48 other high schools.
James “Bubba” Dukes’ need is great as he struggles to earn a diploma at Chaparral High School. The obstacles faced by the football player and teen father aren’t just academic — his push to graduation is impeded by family and financial woes that have him trying to keep his family intact and off the streets.