CARSON CITY — Dale Erquiaga, a former Clark County School District government affairs director and longtime state government agency officer, was appointed Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval as the state superintendent of public instruction.
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One UNLV nursing professor has prescribed ballroom dancing as a weapon against cardiovascular disease among Filipinos.
All 10,000 bus drivers, janitors, cooks and other Clark County School District support staff will receive a
2 percent cost of living raise this school year, according to the 2013-15 contract negotiated by district officials and the Education Support Employees Association, which represents the workers.
About 200 district schools are fully staffed and 100 others have just one or two openings as the start of the school year approaches.
A new superintendent won’t be the only major change in leadership for the nation’s fifth-largest school district when summer break ends in three weeks.
College students consider the University of Iowa the nation’s best party school, even though Iowa City has tried to make its famous bar scene less hospitable to underage drinkers.
Veteran educator and administrator John C. Vanderburg serves as namesake for the elementary school that is home to the Rainforest Biosphere.
With more than 20 comfy examination rooms and a pharmacy stocked with both prescription and over-the-counter medications, UNLV’s Student Health Center is the nicest place on campus that students never want to visit.
For ninth-grader Cristian Lopez, visiting the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was “like a whole other world.”
More than 20 teachers, administrators and other employees at Clarksville High School will carry concealed weapons during the school day, making use of a little-known Arkansas law that allows licensed, armed security guards on campus.
On Monday, the College of Southern Nevada received 750 backpacks from Revive, making it the largest order the local company has fulfilled to date. CEO Jonathan Santos said that’s just the beginning.
Most colleges offer an array of business courses from principles of microeconomics to statistics and financial accounting. But one former University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor thought their curriculum should include venture capital.
Upperclassmen and graduate students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas might be able to enjoy a different kind of living starting in fall 2015.
Gov. Brian Sandoval will be picking from a list of three Nevadans when he hires the state’s next superintendent of schools, according to a state Board of Education decision made Thursday.