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In throwback to 1960s, students plan walkout today to protest budget cuts: Feb. 9, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Taking a page from earlier generations of Southern Nevada campus activists, UNLV students plan a walkout today to oppose Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed budget cuts. They may have to dust off their protest manual.

Governor sounds like the GOP candidate he is, observers say: Feb. 9, 2010; By David McGrath Schwartz; The lesson of the night was that no matter who’s talking, the message is motivated by politics. In a State of the State address that sounded more like a rallying cry for conservatives to re-elect him, Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday burnished his credentials.

Nevada treasurer on prepaid tuition program: It’s a ‘win-win’: Feb. 8, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Last week, President Barack Obama commented about the need for people to save for college tuition as opposed to throwing money away on, well, other diversions.

Teachers resist increasing pressure to accept pay cuts: Feb. 5, 2010; By David McGrath Schwartz; Teachers, long a popular and protected political constituency, face increasing pressure to accept pay cuts as lawmakers try to decide how to trim $881 million from the state’s budget.

School districts seek greater autonomy on belt-tightening: Feb. 5, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Lawmakers listened Thursday as school officials described the effects state budget cuts would have on their districts. Their almost universal message: Leave to us the final decision on what is cut — and what is saved.

Budget crunch puts shorter school year, teacher pay cuts on table: Feb. 4, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Shortening the school year, cutting teacher pay and delaying textbook purchases were among the options floated at today’s meeting of the Interim Finance Committee, which met to review a potential $167 million hole in the state’s budget for K-12 education.

Raid on local funds getting a closer look: Feb. 4, 2010; By David McGrath Schwartz; As state leaders look for ways to address an $881 million budget deficit, the idea of using local government money earmarked for public works projects is gaining support among legislators.

In predicting spring, groundhogs have nothing on Mojave Max: Feb. 3, 2010; By Erin Dostal; Though Mojave Max hasn’t yet stirred, about 180 fourth-graders got together Tuesday to learn more about the 19-year-old desert tortoise, the West’s equivalent to Punxsutawney Phil. Max is Nevada’s harbinger of spring.

Regents’ options to cut higher education are all grim: Feb. 3, 2010; By Emily Richmond; This is how bad the news is getting for Nevada’s already-pummeled higher education system.

Chancellor: Budget cuts would undo 'decade of significant progress': Feb. 2, 2010; By Emily Richmond; The proposed cuts to Nevada’s public colleges and universities represents an “unwinding of almost a decade of significant progress in higher education,” Chancellor Dan Klaich said at today’s budget meeting.

Higher education faces greatest financial state of emergency in decades: Feb. 2, 2010; By Emily Richmond; For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Board of Regents today will consider declaring a financial emergency that could lead to pay reductions, furloughs and layoffs of faculty and staff.

Too crowded to get to the top: Jan. 31, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Having sold thousands of students and their families on the value of college prep classes, the Clark County School District is wrestling with a problem of its own making: How to deliver the goods. District officials are concerned that some of the most challenging classes have become too crowded.

Deaf students learn about a college option just for them: Jan. 30, 2010; By Emily Richmond; It could have been a visit from any college recruiter to a Clark County high school, were it not for the question and answer session being conducted entirely through nimble fingers and hands. At Liberty High School this week, the queries came in rapid succession for Nick Gould, a recent graduate of Gallaudet University, the world’s first higher education institution for the deaf.

With state cuts, how long can teacher salaries be spared?: Jan. 26, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Two years of steep budget cuts have left the salaries of Clark County School District teachers untouched. But the latest numbers from Carson City might bring that to an end.

What’s needed is a lesson on time for midnight classes: Jan. 23, 2010; By Emily Richmond; Students attending inaugural midnight classes at the College of Southern Nevada this week have faced their first test: Could they show up at the right time? Turns out the course catalog’s “Tuesday 12 a.m.” start time for some classes was interpreted three ways by students. And it further turns out the college contributed to the confusion. Ditto for the Wednesday 12 a.m. classes.

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