Las Vegas Sun

May 5, 2024

Education

Marie Neisess, left, president of the CCEA, and executive director John Vellardita, right, confer in a hallway following a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. District Court Judge Crystal Eller issued a strike injunction against the teachers union.
CCSD teachers union signals it will appeal ruling in strike-related case
Nov. 13, 2023
The legal saga between CCSD and CCEA, which represents CCSD’s 18,000 teachers, is part of their bitter fight over a new teacher contract. CCEA sought a dismissal of the district’s lawsuit with a motion ...
David Kelsey, lecturer of Deaf Studies, right, speaks with sign language while he teaches students during a class at Nevada State University in Henderson Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.
Deaf studies program at Nevada State opens lines of communication in community
Nov. 13, 2023
Nevada State University since 2017 has offered students a bachelor of arts degree in deaf studies and a minor in deaf studies or ASL interpreting ...
Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour" in Nashville, Tenn., on May 5, 2023. Swift is releasing her "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert film on Oct. 13.
Classes on celebrities like Taylor Swift engaging new generation of law students
Nov. 11, 2023
A South Dakota law professor typically teaches about dense topics like torts and natural resources. But next semester, he and his fearless students are shaking things up by turning their attention to Taylor Swift. Sean Kammer wanted his legal writing course to draw ...
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro speaks during a press conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
State Senate leader joins Assembly speaker’s call seeking big changes atop CCSD
Nov. 8, 2023
Key Nevada lawmakers are ratcheting up the pressure on Superintendent Jesus Jara to no longer helm the Clark County School District. Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager, D-Las Vegas, called on the CCSD School Board on Monday to “take whatever steps are necessary” to begin the termination process, days after his public request for Jara to resign was met with ...
Police block an entrance to athletic fields after a body was found at Hollywood Regional Park near Harney Middle School Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.
Body found outside Las Vegas middle school
Nov. 7, 2023
A body was found this morning on a field outside Harney Middle School in Las Vegas, according to the Clark County School District. No details were ...
A mourner shares a photograph during a vigil for SeMauri Norris-Johnson, a 17-year-old Desert Pines football player who was killed on Halloween in North Las Vegas, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.
'He was a light': Friends, family and faculty mourn death of Desert Pines football player shot on Halloween
Nov. 4, 2023
Se’Mauri Norris-Johnson gave much to football and to his teammates at Desert Pines High School. “He was a light,” said one of his coaches, radio production teacher Mikel Gough ...
Speaker of the Nevada Assembly Steve Yeager speaks during a press conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. In background from left, Nevada Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, Nevada Senator Rochelle Nguyen and Nevada State Senator Dina Neal.
Nevada Assembly speaker calls on CCSD head Jara to resign
Nov. 2, 2023
Nevada Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager called on Clark County Schools Superintendent Jesus Jara to resign Wednesday, citing a litany of criticisms ...
Second grade teacher Maile Rodrigues, dressed as "Sour Grape" for Halloween, speaks to the media as State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert listens during a tour at Clarence Piggott Academy of International Studies Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
Nevada teachers who buy classroom supplies out of pocket to get $10 million boost from state
Nov. 1, 2023
The just-launched DonorsChoose Grant Program follows a streamlined process: Teachers log in to the popular crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose, list what they want for their classrooms, and the platform leverages its existing relationships with vendors to fulfill their wish lists ...
Valley High School Principal Ramona Esparza poses at the school Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020.
New voices on School Board hope to build bridges, add value
Oct. 29, 2023
More educators are taking roles on the expanding Clark County School Board, and they are doing so with optimism.
State Assemblyman Harvey Munford, center, listens during a Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting at UNLV Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016.
Political trailblazer’s death ‘a great loss’ for Nevada
Oct. 27, 2023
Harvey Munford, a longtime educator in the Clark County School District and a Nevada assemblyman who represented Las Vegas’ Historic West Side for six terms, died Thursday of natural causes, according to multiple people close to Munford. He was 83. Born in Akron, Ohio, in 1940, Munford ...
Junior high school teacher Brett Gilman is pictured Thursday, October 19, 2023 in Las Vegas. Gilman received a $150,000 settlement from the Clark County School District this month to resolve the free speech and retaliation lawsuit he filed after a social media feud with School Board member Katie Williams led to a suspension and internal investigations. Brian Ramos.
CCSD to pay $150K to teacher in suit spurred by spat on social media
Oct. 22, 2023
The Clark County School District will pay a teacher $150,000 after putting him under internal administrative and police investigations that kept him out of the classroom ...
Liberty High School in Henderson Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Enrollment in CCSD schools drops to below 300,000 students this year
Oct. 20, 2023
Enrollment in the Clark County School District has dropped below 300,000 students. CCSD had 298,065 students as of Sept. 1, signaling a loss of 4,996 students, or a drop of 1.6%, from the same time last year.
School bus driver taken to hospital after crash in Sunrise Manor
Oct. 13, 2023
Las Vegas Metro said today that they are investigating a single-vehicle accident involving a Clark County School District bus.
Nevada State Legislature in Carson City, Nevada Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
Humboldt County wins OK for teacher raises through SB 231 funding
Oct. 13, 2023
A Nevada legislative panel has given its first approval to a public school district to raise the pay of its teachers and staff through new legislation dedicated to increasing educator ...
Vice President Kamala Harris laughs during a "Fight For Our Freedoms" event at the College of Southern Nevada-Cheyenne campus Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in North Las Vegas.
At CSN, VP Harris stresses importance of youth participation in politics
Oct. 13, 2023
Most of the students inside the theater at the College of Southern Nevada North Las Vegas campus raised their hands high in the air on a cue from Vice President Kamala Harris ...