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Panel OKs study of state’s way of funding education

CARSON CITY — A $125,000 study to examine whether Nevada’s method of funding education adequately serves the state’s diverse student population was authorized Friday by a legislative subcommittee.

Teachers union escalates fight with school district

The teachers union has suspended its joint ventures with the Clark County School District in an escalating public relations battle over contract terms, according to two recent union letters to the superintendent and School Board.

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Regents hear details on proposed UNLV ‘mega-events center’

A new domed football stadium on UNLV’s campus could be finished in five years, cost as much as $500 million and seat up to 60,000 people, according to a briefing given to higher education leaders Thursday.

Chancellor outlines new college, university funding plan

Chancellor Dan Klaich today outlined his plan to rewrite how the state’s colleges and universities are funded. Faculty, administrators and students told the Legislature’s Committee to Study the Funding of Higher Education the current funding formula is inadequate.

Teachers union leaders criticize ex-director’s ‘excessive salaries’

Teachers union leaders are lashing out at their former executive director and the Clark County School District superintendent in response to Sunday’s Review-Journal stories about huge salaries drawn by union officials and the questionable spending of $2.4 million in taxpayer funds.

Students with disabilities experience first school dance

Clark High School hosted a Hawaiian-themed dance for students with disabilities Feb. 17. For many of the special education students, it was their first dance and a chance to interact as their typical education peers do.

Holocaust survivors speak to students as part of conference

Stephen Nasser was 13 when the Nazis broke into his home and forced him and his family on a train to Auschwitz. He and four other Holocaust survivors told their stories to middle and high school students and their teachers Feb. 15 as part of the Holocaust Education Conference at the Northwest Career and Technical Academy.

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