Members of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada on Monday testified before lawmakers in support of a proposal that would add a student to the Board of Regents.
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A federal court of appeals upheld a 2010 civil judgment against John Vellardita, now executive director of the Clark County teachers union, and other leaders of his former union in Oakland, Calif., ordering them to pay $1.5 million in damages to the parent organization of United Healthcare Workers-West.
UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center needs renovations, and university officials are moving to get funding approved to bring it up to code, officials said Friday.
When she was growing up, Bailey Braner’s family kept Jewish traditions and observed Jewish holidays. But Jewish upbringing notwithstanding, Braner doesn’t remember learning much about the Holocaust as a child.
When the bell rings, many of his students don’t rush out the door.
Next school year stands to be less stressed as Clark County School District’s budget may grow by $99 million despite sequestration cutting $14.2 million in federal funding.
After three weeks of negotiating with a firm to immediately search nationally for a new superintendent, the Clark County School Board made a 180-degree turn Wednesday, tabling the contract and essentially abandoning the search for now.
Judge Natalie Tyrrell exposes kids to her North Las Vegas courtroom and its holding cells in the hope they never see them again. That is, unless they are lawyers, judges or courthouse staff.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Monday that he wants to spend $25 million more than he previously proposed on K-12 education in the next biennium.
A consultant’s report on UNLV’s proposed 60,000-seat domed stadium pegs “all-in costs” for the project at just less than $900 million, including $700 million for the venue itself.
After just a year on the job, James Guthrie has resigned as state superintendent of public instruction, effective immediately, the Sandoval administration announced Friday.
The conservative think tank Nevada Policy Research Institute announced Thursday that it’s filing a lawsuit against the Clark County School District and related organizations for not releasing the work email addresses provided to teachers by their employer.
Dalia Odell has volunteered at Sewell Elementary School for nearly a decade, often for more than 40 hours per week. On March 4, she walked into Sewell as an employee, Library Assistant III, on the first day of her first official job.
Forbuss, Reedom and Wright elementary schools, three of the most overcrowded buildings in the Clark County School District, will go to a 12-month schedule starting in the 2013-14 school year.
Usually at this time of year, sixth-graders in Sara Ohiaeri’s physical education classes would be playing soccer or softball. Instead, for the past few weeks, they have been training for a 5K run.
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