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Fourth-grade teacher honored for being among 'teaching elite'
May 9, 2013
The Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce honored Rogers Elementary School teacher Maggie Reardon at its luncheon Wednesday as part of Clark County's Teacher Appreciation Week.

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Elaine Wynn chats with Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich after speaking at Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce Business Power Luncheon at the Rio Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
Elaine Wynn bemoans state of education in Nevada, lobbies for national search for new superintendent
May 9, 2013
Elaine Wynn called upon the Clark County School Board to conduct a national search for its next superintendent during her keynote address Wednesday at a Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

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Brandon Danowski, right, thanks Terry Kennedy, CEO of Appreciation Financial, after receiving a $750-valued gift certificate to the Teacher Exchange for classroom resources from in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week at Vegas Verdes Elementary School in Las Vegas Tuesday, May 7, 2013.
District, partners show their appreciation for teachers
May 7, 2013
Teachers at one local elementary school were surprised Tuesday with free lunch, entertainment and gift cards for school supplies in celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Day.
The Advanced Technologies Academy High School, Wednesday Dec. 14, 2011.
8 CCSD campuses make America's Best High Schools list
May 7, 2013
Thirteen Nevada high schools — including eight in Clark County — were named among the best high schools in the nation, according to Newsweek and the Daily Beast.

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With barely enough room to pass between desks, students in Mr. Gularte's fourth-grade class begin their morning learning in a classroom of 35 students exceeding the average of 30 students at William V. Wright Elementary School, Friday, March 22, 2013.
Cost to ease crowded Clark County classrooms put at $1.2 billion
May 6, 2013
Reducing class sizes in Southern Nevada to the national average would take $1.2 billion over four years, according to figures recently released by the Clark County School District. But it will take more than the will of the School District or its teachers union to bring class sizes down. The Nevada Legislature also will have to agree — and find a way to fund the effort.

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On education, Southern Nevada is ‘a state apart’
May 5, 2013
Last month, Nevada introduced its new marketing slogan: “A World Within. A State Apart.” While the tagline’s value as a tool for economic development and tourism is debatable, it does offer a fitting description of how the state prioritizes K-12 and higher education between Northern and Southern Nevada.

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Students mingle at the Youth Achievement Awards hosted by the Batteries Included youth group at the Historic Fifth Street School on Friday, May 3, 2013. Batteries Included is a program dedicated to helping teenagers become involved in their community and develop skills for the future.
This youth group is focused on community service, and the teens love it
May 4, 2013
Legacy High School student Quortney Judie remembers fighting back tears as she and her Batteries Included peers passed out shoes and clothing to homeless children.
From left, Paola Rivera, Mary Knight, Dominique Kopecky, Kalinda Fooks, Julia Ross and Kylie Hammer give their parents an over-the-shoulder look while taking photos in front of the Wynn waterfall on Green Valley High School's prom night Saturday, April 27, 2013.
In Las Vegas, this is how we do proms
May 3, 2013
It’s 6 p.m. Saturday at one of the busiest restaurants on the Strip. On most weekends, the tables at Maggiano’s Little Italy at the Fashion Show mall would be packed with tourists in kicking off an evening in Las Vegas. But this night, nicely groomed young men in suits and tuxedos and lovely young ladies with styled hair and perfect nails are poring over menus and abuzz about the evening ahead.

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Nevada State Superintendent Jim Guthrie testifies in an education committee at the Legislative Building in Carson City on March 1, 2013. Guthrie told lawmakers that effective teachers trump the issue of class size. Clark County Schools Superintendent Dwight Jones is at left.
Proposal for 'master teachers' with $200K annual salary has its skeptics — among teachers
May 3, 2013
Jim Guthrie's idea to pay a group of top-performing teachers an annual salary of $200,000 received mixed reactions from Clark County schoolteachers this week.

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Suicide in school: District's prevention effort leads to student hospitalizations
May 2, 2013
Four Clark County School District students were placed on suicide watch at area hospitals last weekend after the students took part in a suicide prevention program and were deemed a high risk, according to district officials.

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Math teacher Mikel Boland sets up his classroom at Western High School in Las Vegas Friday, August 19, 2011.
Education advocates threaten lawsuit over funding public schools
May 1, 2013
Nevada’s persistently poor public school funding may be putting the state at risk for a lawsuit. Advocates, upset with the incremental process of the Legislature when it comes to funding education, plan to meet to discuss litigation strategy.

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Clark County School District Trustee Deanna Wright asks questions of eighth-grade students Nehrun Baskin and Antonio Ocampo, right, while teaching about the Holocaust in English Literature class during Teach For America Week at Dell H. Robison Middle School in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
Guest-teacher experience brings together Las Vegas students, community leaders
May 1, 2013
More than a dozen local politicians, business and community leaders are participating in the annual Teach for America Week, which is taking place in 46 Teach for America regions across the nation.

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School buses are lined up during a preview and pre-registration day for a government surplus auction Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. The Saturday auction is the last government surplus auction of the year. The auction items includes cars, motorcycles, trucks, boats unclaimed items from McCarran International Airport, computers  and school buses.
$34 million in new bonds to buy CCSD new computers, buses
April 25, 2013
The Clark County School Board approved a decade-long $34 million bond program to purchase new computers and buses.

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Clark County School Board President Carolyn Edwards, left, and newly appointed Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky answer questions from media.
School Board member endorses interim chief Skorkowsky as next superintendent
April 25, 2013
Clark County School Board member Chris Garvey officially announced her support for hiring Pat Skorkowsky as the next superintendent overseeing the Las Vegas school system.

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Matt Kelly Elementary School lunch on Monday, May 21, 2012.
Board OKs hike in school lunch prices
April 25, 2013
The Clark County School Board approved a school lunch price increase of 15 cents, or about $27 annually, on Thursday.

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