Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s first performance review was filled with praise Friday from his seven bosses on the Clark County School Board, who applauded the improvement in teacher morale. But board members also expressed concern over communication with the board and parents, whose children attend the nation’s fifth-largest school district.
May 17, 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the court’s decision to desegregate educational institutions in Brown v. Board of Education, a ruling meant to “stamp out bigotry and racism in all their forms,” an ongoing social issue that impacts a growing population.
Officials from some of the most well-known segments of Southern Nevada industry are coming together to evaluate the budgeting practices of the Clark County School District, a “business” that employs more people than any other entity in Nevada.
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Charity Johnson, the 34-year-old who posed as a teenager to enroll in at a small private high school in East Texas, has been arrested on charges of giving false information to police.
Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back since the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision 60 years ago, according to a new report.
Whether it’s parents looking for fun activities for their children or a chance to enrich the learning experience, the Henderson area offers several summer camp opportunities.
The Nevada Department of Education is inviting public input on its proposed policy for information security and privacy as it prepares to track every public school student from pre-kindergarten to college and into the workforce.
Not every family can afford the expense of summer day camp. To help extend the opportunity to more children, the city of Henderson plans to partner with three area elementary schools to offer free programming and food throughout the summer.
It comes around every year — summer break for students. For families where both parents work, it means finding a slot in a summer camp program. Even for those with only one parent employed, summer camps can provide a welcome change for youngsters.
Best in the city. Best in the county. Best in the state. The Nevada Parent Teacher Association has named Richard H. Bryan Elementary School prinicipal Steve Piccininni as the top school principal in Nevada.
UNLV professor Mark Yoseloff, former CEO of SHFL Entertainment Inc., is the mind behind UNLV’s Gaming Innovation course, which helps students develop and patent casino games with the goal of selling them to major companies.
An investment in personality profiles for top-level officials has grown to a six-figure expense for the Clark County School District, which recently approved its largest contract yet with a $1,000-per-day consultant in Emergenetics, a behavioral assessment product introduced in 2007.
Nevada State College President Bart Patterson paused during the Henderson school’s spring 2014 commencement of its largest class ever Saturday to allow students to snap a few selfies, but only after taking one himself.
The Lincy Institute at UNLV has weighed in on Senate Bill 391, a study set in motion by the 2013 Legislature to examine community college governance, funding and responsiveness to workforce demands. On Friday the group unveiled a policy brief recommending a two-tier structure that Nevada’s top three universities from the state’s two- and four-year colleges.
