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Adelson teacher delivers life lessons along with the basics

Six years after being hired at the Adelson Educational Campus, the fourth-grade teacher’s students excel on standardized tests, she’s one of Adelson’s curriculum coordinators and she’s now being named Clark County Educator of the Month for March.

Schools tell celebrants to skip selfies while receiving diplomas

Toss your cap. Turn your tassel. Just don’t snap that selfie. Graduates at the University of South Florida and Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., have been asked to refrain from taking self-portraits with their cell phones as they collect their diplomas.

2 Las Vegas schools locked down due to suspicious bag

Two Las Vegas Valley schools were locked down after the Nevada Highway Patrol reported a suspicious bag left on state Route 159 near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Friday afternoon.

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8-year-old passes FCC’s amateur radio license exam

One minute, 8-year-old Zorion Connell is talking about Legos and toy guns, and the next he’s articulating math equations using Ohm’s law. On April 5, he passed the Federal Communications Commission’s amateur radio license exam.

55 schools under investigation by feds in sex abuse probe

Fifty-five colleges and universities, including Ohio State, the University of Michigan and Arizona State University, are under investigation over their handling of sexual abuse complaints under Title IX.

Nutrition education to bloom in Coronado garden

In hopes of planting knowledge about healthy eating and teaching students in the special education department about agriculture and horticulture, Gary Manning started a gardening program last month at Coronado High School.

Henderson theater classes bring books to life

In John Tomasello’s Storybook Theater class, children don’t just listen to him read books such as “Where the Wild Things Are.”

Honors program returns to College of Southern Nevada

After a five-year hiatus due to lost leadership, the College of Southern Nevada’s honors program is being resurrected by professor Patrick Quinn and others from the English department. Beginning in fall 2014, the school will offer advanced classes.

Desert Research Institute puts out welcome mat for public

The Desert Research Institute will open its doors Wednesday night for a rare — and free — look inside some of its labs in Las Vegas. The open house, called Science LIVE!, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at 755 E. Flamingo Road, next to the National Atomic Testing Museum just west of Swenson Street.

CCSD sued over allegations of bullying at Henderson school

Two male students from Greenspun Junior High School allege they were sexually, physically and verbally harassed by other students for months because of their “perceived sexual orientation,” but received little help from school officials, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the School District in Clark County District Court.

CSN recognized by feds as minority-serving institution for Asian students

The College of Southern Nevada is now a minority-serving institution for Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander students. The designation, announced Monday and issued by the U.S. Department of Education, recognizes the CSN student body is composed of more than 50 percent low-income or Pell Grant eligible students and at least 10 percent of the student population identifies with the ethnicities indicated by the award.

Experts eying school budget a promising sign

If you know anything about the history of the Clark County School District, you know that it is often short of money and classroom space, but it has never suffered from a lack of costly expert analysis and commissioned studies.

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