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Clark County School Board approves expanded testing for gifted program

Instead of only screening students recommended for gifted and talented programs, about $178,000 will be spent to universally test all 19,900 second-graders at Clark County’s poorest, highest-minority schools.

Father: School received bullying report before daughter’s suicide

Grieving father Jason Lamberth was back before the Clark County School Board Thursday, this time with questions about a report he said shows school officials knew his 13-year-old daughter was being bullied before she committed suicide on Dec. 12.

Officials: UNLV presidential search not a done deal

The Board of Regents may name a permanent replacement for former President Neal Smatresk, who now leads the University of North Texas near Dallas, by September.

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UNLV students speak against tuition hikes

More than a dozen UNLV students spoke out against proposed tuition increases at a Friday Board of Regents meeting at the College of Southern Nevada.

UNLV science programs may be getting elbow room

The EPA environmental sciences division has occupied five buildings on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus since 1956, but its lease expires in September 2015 and will not be renewed.

 
SAT undergoing sweeping revision

The perfect score will again be 1,600. What’s more, the essay will be optional, students will no longer be penalized for wrong answers and the vocabulary is shifting to do away with some high-sounding words such as “prevaricator” and “sagacious.”

Clark County School Board postpones property tax question

Voters won’t be asked for a 10-year extension of the Clark County School District’s property tax rate increase, which dates back to 1998, when they go to the polls in November.

Naming Las Vegas: Piggott Elementary School

Clarence Piggott Elementary School’s namesake was a counselor at Valley High School who was shot by a student in 1982.

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