The percentage of graduating students in both the district and the state has jumped substantially over the past six years, but because the formula for calculating those numbers keeps changing it’s impossible to do a meaningful comparison.
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.
With two newly elected members, the trustees appear to be unified as the district readies itself to fight for a new formula for funding education and settles into operations under a new superintendent.
The school district has decided that Sandra B. Abston, Earl Jenkins and Helen Aileen Anderson Toland will be the namesakes of the next three schools opened in honor of their contributions to learning.
Changing the way Nevada funds its schools remains the top priority for the Clark County School District in the upcoming legislative session, part of a platform that trustees adopted on Thursday.
The court ruled Thursday that the Teamsters union cannot be recognized as the official bargaining agent for support staff in the Clark County School District unless it wins the backing of a majority of the workers.
In early returns, business owner Amy Carvalho and former planning commissioner Laura Perkins were leading their opponents in the two competitive races to join the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents next year.
A lawsuit alleges that a non-verbal autistic student at Variety School in Las Vegas suffered a broken wrist while being physically restrained by an unidentified staff member who applied “excessive and unnecessary force.”
The Cristo Rey St. Viator school, scheduled to open in September 2019, is looking for 125 low-income students to fill its first class. Students will work at least one day a week at local businesses under the school’s unique business model.
The number of public school students who took an AP exam last year increased by 3 percent, and the challenging courses are seeing broader participation.
Patrick Gavin, executive director of the State Public Charter School Authority, submitted a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday stating that his last day on the job will be Dec. 28. He did not give a reason for his departure.
Infighting between the state teachers union and the breakaway Clark County teachers union bleeds over into the election debate.
Students who refuse to submit to a random search for weapons will face disciplinary action and may be removed from school property, the Clark County School District announced Thursday.
Responding to an emergency motion filed by the Review-Journal, District Court Judge Timothy Williams orders the district to comply with last week’s ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court and turn over the records within two days.
Students who qualify for the Meadows School aid are locked in for a 12-year education as long as they maintain good grades, otherwise remain in good standing and continue to show a financial need.
Richard Knoeppel, an architectural design instructor at Advanced Technologies Academy in Las Vegas, received the 2019 Nevada Teacher of the Year award from Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday.