Fifty-five Clark County schools will lose millions in federal funding next school year due to a change in the way the Clark County School District distributes the money intended to help low-income students.
Amelia Pak-Harvey
Reporter: Education
Phone: 702-383-4630
Amelia covers K-12 education for the Review-Journal, where she came after covering education for two years at the Lowell Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is a Boston University graduate with degrees in political science and journalism, and her awards include first place in education reporting from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. She’s a proud North Carolina native.
Nevada should be spending $9,238 per student, according to a 2018 study commissioned by the Legislature. That’s more than the $6,052 per-pupil amount for 2020 proposed in Gov. Steve Sisolak’s budget and the current average of $5,897 per pupil.
A court-appointed receiver for the Art Institute of Las Vegas in Henderson is rescinding a plan to close the school amid a local effort to keep it open — part of a messy process borne out of the bankruptcy of the parent company of the nationwide chain of schools.
Karla Loria, a native of Costa Rica, currently serves as the human capital officer and student support officer at the Harrison School District Two in Colorado, Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara announced Friday.
A three-year pilot program aimed at recruitment and retention will offer an annual $10,000 bonus to educators who are accepted to teach at eight underperforming Clark County School District middle schools.
School police arrested an intoxicated 17-year-old male near Valley High School on Wednesday afternoon after finding him with a loaded semiautomatic pistol and a silencer, according to police.
Parents of three Forbuss Elementary School students sued the district, teacher James Doran and administrators over a “litany of physical and verbal abuses” that they said their children were subjected to during the 2014-15 school year,
Initiatives to boost education funding for targeted student populations have poured millions of dollars into into classrooms across the state. But have they worked?
Jayla Scott became an adult at 5 years old, when her mom was arrested. Now nearing graduation, she’s a shining example of how Clark County students can face and overcome their challenges — if they have the ambition and drive.
The departure of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Steve Canavero paves the way for newly elected Gov. Steve Sisolak to appoint a new leader of the department to champion his education initiatives.
Two underperforming charter schools will enter into a receivership that will dissolve their governing bodies with the goal of boosting academic results after a unanimous Clark County School Board vote on Thursday.
Schools like Mater Academy Mountain Vista and Democracy Prep at the Agassi Campus are tackling the challenging part of school choice: providing a good education in areas where the need is greatest.
Federal workers affected by the government shutdown will be able to defer payments on their children’s Nevada Prepaid Tuition plans, the state treasurer’s office said Tuesday.
The State Public Charter School Authority decided Friday to interview six applicants for its vacant executive director position after narrowing the list from 24.
The Clark County School District’s top operations and human-resource officers will likely be out of their positions at the end of June following an outside report that found deficiencies in the district’s business operations.