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February 11, 2012

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Lynnette Sawyer, executive director of the Hispanic Museum of Nevada, is shown inside the museum at the Boulevard mall. Feb. 9, 2012.
Hispanic Museum of Nevada settles into new home
Feb. 11, 2012
The Hispanic Museum of Nevada traces its humble beginnings to an empty display case with broken glass at the St. Christopher Catholic School. It was 20 years ago, and teacher Lynnette Sawyer wanted to display some items for her students.
Board members of the proposed $63 million Henderson Space and Science Center unveiled the first conceptual model of the learning facility. The science center will sit on five acres of land and initial funding is coming from the city of Henderson.
Conceptual design unveiled for Henderson Space and Science Center
Feb. 10, 2012
The Henderson Space and Science Center, borne of an idea brainstormed years ago by former Henderson Councilman Jack Clark, continues to edge closer to reality with the unveiling Friday of a new conceptual design and model.

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Principal Tim Adams of Rex Bell Elementary School checks out a roof leak on school grounds in Las Vegas Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011.
District weighs property tax hike to repair, modernize schools
Feb. 10, 2012
Las Vegas residents may be voting this November on more than the next president of the United States. The Clark County School District is likely to seek public approval for a new capital campaign, which may raise property taxes as high as $74 a year on a $100,000 home.

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Education Secretary Arne Duncan after speaking about No Child Left Behind on Feb. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
Leaving 'No Child' law: Obama lets 10 states flee
Feb. 9, 2012
It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind. The goal was lofty: Get all children up to par in math and reading by 2014. But the nation isn't getting there, and now some states are getting out.

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Members of the Samoan national rugby team demonstrate how the game is played to students at Roy Martin Middle School, Feb. 8, 2012.
Rugby teams’ visits spark cultural lessons in classrooms
Feb. 9, 2012
On a warm Wednesday afternoon at Roy Martin Middle School, dozens of students crowded around Samoan rugby players twice their size seeking autographs and asking questions. The players, in town for an international seven-man rugby tournament this weekend, visited the school as part of a cultural exchange partnership between the Clark County School District and USA Sevens Rugby, the tournament sponsor.
About 100 teachers rallied at the Clark County School District administration building on West Sahara Avenue to protest potential layoffs and working conditions on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
Teachers take protests to superintendent's office
Feb. 8, 2012
About 100 teachers rallied in front of the Clark County School District administration building Wednesday afternoon, protesting proposed pay freezes and potential layoffs. Hoisting signs that read “Honk for Teachers” and yelling slogans such as “Hey, ho. Don’t let our teachers go,” members of the local teachers union again sought attention to their prolonged contract fight with the district, now going on seven months.

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Sewell Elementary School fifth-grader Jade Lewis, 11, works through math problems on the "ST Math" computer software developed by California-based nonprofit education group Mind Research Institute. The virtual software teaches abstract math concepts using visual animations and games.
Schools seeing improvement in math scores as students play video game
Feb. 8, 2012
For all the talk about ways to raise test scores in Las Vegas, a promising solution, educators say, may lie in one of the most criticized of youth activities: computer games.

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Teacher identified as driver in Sunday morning accident that critically injured teen
Feb. 7, 2012
Noel Lardeo, 26, is a first-grade teacher at Roger Bryan Elementary School, School District officials confirmed today.

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Debate judge Ian Beier takes notes as senior Michael Eisenstadt presents arguments while practicing in a mock debate with the UNLV Debate team Monday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Las Vegas.
UNLV finally hits the top 10; its debate team is nationally ranked
Feb. 4, 2012
Christian Bato ambles up to a blue plastic bin sitting atop a wooden table — a makeshift lectern — sets his timer, takes a deep breath and starts reading from his laptop. Words shoot out from the 20-year-old college senior’s pursed lips at a rapid-fire rate.

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Teacher Mary Felber troubleshoots a problem with a robot with sophomore Sarah Kane at Mojave High School Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Senior Marco Garcia is at right.
Mojave High School’s new focus on science curriculum embedded in robotics club
Feb. 4, 2012
In a nondescript room on the second floor of Mojave High School, three students are tinkering away on a dream. For now, the dream consists only of a metal frame, six rubber wheels, and a few motors and wires.
Clark County School District police report increase in guns found on school grounds
Feb. 3, 2012
After two Clark County high school students were found to have brought guns to school this week, Clark County School District Police announced Friday that three more gun-related incidents occurred in the last four days.

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Students at Gwendolyn Woolley Elementary School in North Las Vegas get a lesson about Mojave Max, the desert tortoise that predicts when spring starts in the valley.
Students learn about desert alternative to Punxsutawney Phil
Feb. 2, 2012
While millions of people across the country heard about Punxsutawney Phil casting a shadow Thursday and forecasting six more weeks of winter, students at one Clark County elementary school learned about a different weather-predicting creature.

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Paul Jarley is the dean of the Lee Business School at UNLV.
UNLV business dean leaving for job at University of Central Florida
Feb. 2, 2012
UNLV is looking for a new dean for the Lee Business School following last week’s announcement that Paul Jarvey, the business dean for the past five years, is leaving for a job in Florida.
Siya Milosheva of Bulgaria lines up with others outside of the Community Multicultural Center to sign up for ESL classes near Tropicana and Eastern in Las Vegas Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
With jobs scarce, immigrants turn to ESL, GED classes
Feb. 1, 2012
Adam Melchor did not have trouble finding work in construction when he first arrived in Las Vegas in 2005. The 43-year-old Mexican immigrant, who was sponsored by relatives here, found abundant opportunities in the construction industry even though he could not speak a word of English.

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Western High School Graduate Advocate Coordinator Daniel Topete, Western senior Evaleen Diaz and Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kristin McMillan share a laugh at Western on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Public support is being sought for a mentoring program to help students at risk of dropping out.
School District seeks volunteers to mentor at-risk seniors
Feb. 1, 2012
Last month, when Evaleen Diaz found out she was pregnant, it became one more obstacle of many toward her goal of graduating in June with the rest of her Western High School class.

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