Priscilla Rocha may be the focal point of a criminal investigation for suspected misuse of public school funds, but she seems to be more of a political target, asserts Andres Mendoza, deputy director of Nevada’s League of United Latin American Citizens.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2016, on Thursday will visit a high-achieving high school in Las Vegas and meet with Nevada education leaders.
Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
UNLV’s School of Engineering will debut a minor in unmanned autonomous systems, or drones, in the fall. By spring 2015, the program should be available as a continuing education certificate for those seeking a career change.
Tangled in a criminal investigation for potential misuse of taxpayer funds, the Clark County School District’s Adult English Language Acquisition department has been shut down, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky said in a news conference Monday.
Lightly swinging in a hammock in his backyard with a social studies book propped up in his lap, 13-year-old Devon Kisfalvi is actually having another productive day at Nevada Connections Academy, a virtual school.
A 24-year-old Donald Snyder told his new wife, Dee, that he would one day be president of a bank. That helped them plan and build a successful marriage and life together, but even he couldn’t have imagined the heights his career would reach in the next four decades. Now 66, he sits as the acting president of UNLV, having paved an oft-heralded executive trail through the corporate and academic world.
Las Vegas Academy teacher honored as teacher of the month for her innovative approach to the classroom.
Priscilla Rocha, under investigation for misuse of taxpayer funds by the Las Vegas police, says she did nothing wrong, “Everything I did was for the families and students.”
Two decades, restored state funding and private investment are what officials say it will take for UNLV to become a top research university.
Las Vegas police served search warrants to Clark County School District on Wednesday in an investigation of the district’s Adult English Language Acquisition program into possible misuse of taxpayer money, according to district spokeswoman Melinda Malone.
What do a duck, a school and police have in common? They all teamed up for “Walking Wednesday.”
U.S. Reps. Joe Heck, R-Nev., and Dina Titus, D-Nev., disagreed Tuesday on whether President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 would reduce federal funding for career and technical education in Nevada.
The consensus among experts at the Nevada Literacy Summit at University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Invest early and make certain students have grade-level reading skills by the end of third grade.
