Vocabulary isn’t a strong suit for Nevada students, whose average scores on a redesigned test beat only a handful of other states, according to the Nation’s Report Card released this week by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Nevada Supreme Court justices grilled attorneys Wednesday in a high-profile case that will put to rest whether 150,000 Nevadans were duped into supporting a business tax initiative that was “incomplete, deceptive, (and) misleading,” in the words of a lower court judge who threw out the petition in October.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation recently honored 251 schools from 25 states for efforts to create a healthier environment for students. Clark County schools receiving recognition were Sewell and Lunt elementary schools and Northwest Career and Technical Academy.
It comes as no shock to Jacqueline Duarte that the employment rate among youths is the lowest since World War II.
UNLV graduate student Lauren Adkins plans to marry a cardboard cutout of the Edward Cullen character from the “Twilight” saga as a performance art piece for her master’s thesis project.
On paper, Booker Elementary School is exceptional, exceeding standards with four out of five stars, according to the district’s assessment.
Not one of Clark County’s 357 public schools was a “low performer” last year, earning the bottom ranking of one star.
Though charges won’t be filed against two Clark County School District teachers on allegations that they had sex with a 16-year-old Basic High School student, they still won’t be returning to the classroom.
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