A new effort this year at Robert Taylor Elementary School aims to push aside the issues kids face in physically getting to school every day to give them their best chance to succeed academically.
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Meghin Delaney covers immigration for the Review-Journal. She joined the staff in December 2016 after working for the Bradenton Herald in Bradenton, Florida, and The Press & Sun-Bulletin in Binghamton, New York. A graduate of Syracuse University, Meghin was born and raised in Massachusetts.
As Nevada prepares to begin holding back students who aren’t proficient in reading at the end of third grade under a new law, a state board on Thursday approved an “alternative” test students can take to prove their skills.
Shanice Stevens, a 2007 graduate of the former Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center, hired to raise awareness of the programs it offers to spread financial savvy and economic opportunity to students of all ages.
At least one Clark County School District police officer used pepper spray Monday to break up a fight between four female students at Clark High School.
The Clark County Education Association announced Monday that it is endorsing the Energy Choice Initiative. The executive board deliberated the issue at a number of meetings and reached a decision on Aug. 18, spokesman Keenan Korth said.
After restructuring its government affairs team, the Clark County School District will largely rely on the outside company Strategies 360 to lobby lawmakers during the 2019 legislative session.
The Clark County School District and the teachers union have reached a three-year agreement, ending a lengthy and contentious battle that led to arbitration and a court appeal by the district.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed an emergency regulation Wednesday to provide clarity to school districts as they comply with a 2017 state law requiring campus volunteers to undergo background checks.
Two Basic High School students were arrested last week after a fight almost broke out at the Henderson school.
A new report by the Clark County teachers union advocates that state lawmakers allow local school districts to raise extra money on their own to support education.
Students at the performing arts school in a first-year after-school robotics club last year took second place last year in a regional competition before competing at the world championship. Some say it has fueled their interest in science.
Two male suspects were arrested Thursday by Henderson police after they were accused of robbing two female Basic High School students who were walking to campus.
A man approached three Richard Bryan Elementary School students Tuesday morning and attempted to lure them into his car, the school reported.
Two Henderson students were arrested by school police in separate incidents involving allegations of threatening behavior as the 2018-19 year kicked off.
Mack Middle School, on East Karen Avenue near Boulder Highway, started the 2018-19 year with a lockdown while police searched for a robbery suspect in the area. The lockdown was lifted by about 10:30 a.m., district officials said.