The last of 419 laid-off teachers have been rehired by the same district that let them go.
Education
Flag football will be a girls varsity sport in high schools this winter, costing the Clark County School District $225,000 for the first season as it tries to comply with federal requirements. Girls lacrosse is being considered for the 2013-14 school year.
Residents are supposed to vote on a property tax increase to fund $120 million in school improvement projects, but a lawsuit threatens to erase the question from the November ballot because of a technicality.
Nevada no longer will answer to No Child Left Behind but will use a self-created system for holding its public schools accountable, according to an announcement Wednesday by the Obama administration.
Child Focus, 4310 S. Cameron St., Suite 12, is going to give 80 foster siblings a back-to-school shopping spree Saturday and is accepting donations through Thursday to help fill backpacks that will be given to each student at the event.
Teachers from the Clark County School District took part in a weeklong series of workshops and activities focused on energy efficiency July 23-27 as part of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Teachers Academy.
Hours after a judge ruled the petition defective Monday, a teachers union leader said it will correct and refile its proposal for a business margins tax to raise money for public education.
Given that scientists say one of the greatest public health victories of the last century was the discovery of safe and effective vaccines, it comes as little surprise to most parents in Nevada that children must have the appropriate vaccinations to attend school.
Nearly a quarter-billion dollars in college scholarships is being offered to Clark County School District’s graduating class of 2012, breaking the record set one year ago, Superintendent Dwight Jones announced Friday.
Once again, a Republican lawmaker will attempt to pass a school choice bill at the Legislature over the expected strong opposition of Democrats.