Education

School Board member endorses interim chief Skorkowsky as next superintendent: April 25, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; 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.

Board OKs hike in school lunch prices: April 25, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; The Clark County School Board approved a school lunch price increase of 15 cents, or about $27 annually, on Thursday.

Rainbow Dreams school has its charter renewed: April 25, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; The Clark County School Board renewed its contract with the two star-ranked Rainbow Dreams Academy Charter School on Thursday.

'A-Tech' still striving to be better, principal says: April 24, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Advanced Technologies Academy, known more commonly as A-Tech, has been consistently ranked one of Clark County and Nevada's top magnet schools. The five-star school in the central valley was named a national Blue Ribbon school in 2002 and 2011. It also was named a “school of excellence” by the Magnet Schools of America.

Advanced Technologies Academy tops in Nevada, magazine says: April 24, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Advanced Technologies Academy has been named the best public high school in Nevada, according to the U.S. News and World Report. The national magazine reviewed more than 21,000 public high schools from across the nation as part of its 2013 Best High Schools rankings. The annual rankings, which were released Tuesday, aim to identify the top-performing public high schools in the countr

Which bills made the cut in the Nevada Legislature? Here are the biggest: April 24, 2013; By Anjeanette Damon,
Andrew Doughman; Tuesday was a big day for scores of bills in the Nevada Legislature — a day when measures died or traveled to the opposite house, where they may encounter more hostile territory for their second round of hearings.

CCSD students' proficiency up in science, reading but down in math: April 23, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; The Clark County School District students made significant gains in reading and science, but dropped precipitously in math, according to 2012 proficiency test scores.

10 facts you should know about sex education and teen pregnancy rates in Nevada: April 23, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Should sex education be a school or a parent's responsibility? Or both? That's perhaps the most contentious question surrounding Assembly Bill 230, which would change sex education in Nevada from an opt-in to an opt-out program.

Regents reaffirm opposition to guns on campus: April 19, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Nevada's higher education leaders voted to maintain an on-campus ban on guns after a heated debate Friday.

Regents near-unanimous in opposing expansion to allow student representative: April 19, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Nevada's higher education leaders opposed on Friday a bill that would allow a student representative on the board of regents, which oversees Nevada's seven colleges and universities.

Gamble backfires: How the district's 2012 estimated graduation rate exceeded the final state tally: April 19, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Instead of posting a graduation rate of 64.9 percent as originally estimated, Clark County's actual graduation rate was 61.6 – a discrepancy of 3.3 percentage points. Instead of a 5.5 percentage point improvement in Clark County's graduation rate as originally thought, the School District improved by 2.2 percent from 2011. The Las Vegas schools' remarkable improvement wasn't so remarkable after all.

UNLV selects new dean of education: April 16, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; UNLV has a new dean for its college of education. Kim Metcalf, a director of institutional research and planning at the University of West Georgia, will become the seventh education dean starting July 1. UNLV made the announcement in a news release Tuesday morning.

Four CCSD high schools ranked among nation's most challenging: April 16, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Sixteen Nevada high schools — including four from Clark County — have made the Washington Post's list of the most challenging high schools in the nation.

Five fronts on the North-South battle at the Legislature: April 15, 2013; By Andrew Doughman; Fairness may be in the eye of the beholder, but some eyes are more equal than others at the Nevada Legislature. This year’s legislative session again features a number of ideas and proposals that would send state money sluicing south from Carson City to Clark County.

Full-day kindergarten for the haves and have-nots: April 14, 2013; By Andrew Doughman; Unless something changes at the Legislature, some parents will have to pay $3,200 for their child’s full-day kindergarten class in the Clark County School District next school year. At the same time, other parents won’t have to pay to send their children to full-day kindergarten in the district.

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