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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.
Documents obtained by the Review-Journal show Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky directed district HR staff to approve Jason Wright, husband of board president Deanna Wright, for a teacher preparation program in 2014.
The awards are given to students who demonstrate academic success, community service and strong leadership, with separate honors in the arts and career and technical education.
Admiration and support for Chief Academic Officer Mike Barton were almost universal, but in a twist that could have come from a Shakespearean tragedy, Barton’s supporters may have caused his downfall.
The Clark County School District lost another labor dispute Monday, after an arbitrator awarded retroactive pay for teachers who got advanced academic degrees in 2015-16.
Some Clark County School District teachers are bristling over a new initiative that will provide extra money for teachers to switch to certain Title I schools — while passing over those who chose to teach at the challenging schools all along.
Finalist for Clark County School District superintendency has worked his way up from teacher to upper management, earning a wealth of community support along the way.
Shonda Huery Hardman knows urban education — from Boston to Chicago to Houston.
The candidate for Clark County schools superintendent left the district last year to return to her native state of Minnesota, but she says she is eager to return to help push the reorganization across the goal line.
Signaling yet another challenge for the next Clark County School District superintendent, roughly 100 educators rallied in front of the Edward Greer Education Center as the six superintendent finalists began community meetings on Saturday.
Following four years of work and lengthy discussion on the need for better prepared high school graduates, the State Board of Education adopted new criteria for a standard high school diploma on Thursday.
The Clark County School Board will discuss renegotiating terms of Associate Superintendent Edward Goldman’s contract next Thursday, roughly a week after announcing an external investigation into allegations against him and his Employee Management Relations department.
A nine-page bombshell letter filled with accusations of discrimination and favoritism triggers an investigation that could become an unwelcome distraction for the next Clark County School District superintendent.
Students from at least 11 schools around the Las Vegas Valley have signed up to take part in a national walkout on Friday to protest gun violence and call for legislative reform.
The Clark County School District will hire an external investigator to examine allegations made by a former employee in a letter that has rattled the system with accusations that the Employee Management Relations department engages in rampant favoritism and discrimination.