Following orders from state lawmakers in 2013, the Nevada State Board of Education is phasing out the four high school proficiency exams in reading, writing, math and science that are required to graduate.
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Parents in Utah say they’re outraged after up to 40 elementary school students at a Salt Lake City school had their school lunches thrown out because of outstanding balances on their account.
Five years into the economic recovery, Nevadans’ personal finances have improved slightly but remain among the worst in the country, according to a new report released Thursday.
Departing UNLV President Neal Smatresk will earn $505,000 in base salary as the new leader of the University of North Texas. His annual base salary at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was $246,426, with a total compensation package of $447,424.
Possible AFL-CIO opposition to the proposed Nevada business margins tax could doom the NSEA “teachers tax’s” chances of winning voter approval on Nov. 4.
The graduation rate for Clark County School District, often regarded as one of the lowest-performing urban school systems in the country, has increased for the second consecutive year to 72 percent in 2012-13.
“This is a historic day for Nevada,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said Jan. 16 at the groundbreaking ceremony for Nevada State College’s two new buildings. “The students are excited, the faculty is excited. This is the foundation of the future of our state.”
Elizabeth Graham had nowhere to go but up. She was homeless and jobless months after her husband died of liver cancer. “He didn’t leave us in a good situation,” she said, “but I had to keep moving forward.” Graham not only went back to school at Everest College’s Henderson campus, 170 N. Stephanie St., but she recently received the Dream Award, given to students who overcome significant obstacles on the way to furthering their education.
Students at Green Valley High School are working to put on a production of “Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical” that is practically perfect in every way.
Students who survived a deadly shooting at their Northern Nevada school in October are attending a Lake Tahoe camp designed to help them through the healing process.
Racial riots became so prevalent at Rancho High School during the late 1960s and early 1970s that the National Guard was called in.
More than two years after being hit and run over by a school bus, a former Canyon Springs High School student will receive $100,000 as part of a settlement with the Clark County School District.
Don Snyder will take the helm at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as acting president beginning on Feb. 1.
Officials at South Carolina State University say a student who was shot outside an on-campus dormitory has died.
A University of Utah student says he paid his tuition bill with 2,000 one-dollar bills as a silent protest against the rising cost of college.