Nevada’s ranking for public education has hit rock bottom, according to a new national study on children’s well-being.
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Clark County School District is banking on new leadership to help four struggling “turnaround” schools. In a way, being some of the consistently lowest-performing schools is the best thing that could have happened to them.
Even though Lori Bossy has found a new home in Henderson for her private school, Montessori Visions Academy , her ousting from her first location has left her feeling disappointed .
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas recently hosted the second annual CampUs Las Vegas program to help prepare kids for high school and college.
The polished stone plaque, a pretty trinket carved with 17 inspirational words, is more than just a desk decoration.
Rene Cantu Jr., executive director of the Latin Chamber of Commerce’s Community Foundation, is now also a Clark County School Board member representing northwest Las Vegas.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has filed discrimination complaints with the state’s Equal Rights Commission claiming the Clark County School District didn’t do enough to protect two sixth-graders from bullying this year.
Its first decade was an arduous one for Nevada State College. The Henderson-based school plans to mark its 10th anniversary this fall with two events, but when the school started in 2002, it had only 177 students.
Five local teens are mingling this week with representatives in Washington, D.C., and receiving leadership development training as part of Bank of America’s Student Leaders program, which offers paid internships to high school juniors or seniors at local nonprofit organizations.
Desert Rose Adult High School in North Las Vegas employed 11 students this summer to beautify the campus and prepare it for the fall semester by cleaning classrooms, scraping gum from underneath desks, moving furniture, shampooing carpets and tending to the garden. For most of them, it is their first job. They make $8.25 an hour.
A month and a day after Edward Savarese was honored as one of seven New Teachers of the Year, the Clark County School District sent pink slips to him and 418 other teachers in a round of mass layoffs.
Mark Ashcraft remembers the day everything changed for him. He was a young college professor grading papers.
In one class, 50 points was the total possible. If a kid missed 7, he got a 43. It took no time to figure that out. The answer was virtually instinctive.
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