Las Vegas Sun

May 18, 2024

Education

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 ...
John Vellardita, right, executive director of the Clark County Education Association, talks with attorney Bradley Schrager 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.
Clark County teachers, in suing for right to strike, face uphill climb, legal experts say
Oct. 12, 2023
The Clark County teachers union has to overcome 54 years of legal precedent to succeed in its recently launched legal effort to repeal a state law that prohibits strikes by ...
Students at Mater Academy East test out VR headsets in their new Verizon Innovative Learning Lab on campus Friday Oct. 6, 2023. The new technology lab includes learning tools and emerging technologies like virtual reality systems, 3d printing stations and augmented reality applications.
East valley charter school students can explore VR, 3D printing in new labs
Oct. 12, 2023
Verizon sponsored the labs that opened this year in all three Mater Academy campuses, bringing technology like virtual reality headsets, augmented reality apps, 3D printers, and even a machine that makes die-cut stickers to the middle-school grades.
Juvenile arrested after gun found at Green Valley High School
Oct. 11, 2023
A juvenile was arrested today after police learned a student at Green Valley High School might have had a weapon and located a gun, according to the school’s principal. Additional police ...
Juno Buendia, an elementary school music teacher, protests in front of the Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road before a Clark County School District meeting Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The teachers union (CCEA) and CCSD are currently in contract negotiations.
Teachers union files lawsuit asserting right to strike
Oct. 9, 2023
The Clark County Education Association has filed a promised lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Nevada’s no-strike law for public employees, a group that includes ...
Teachers and supporters protest in front of the Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road before a Clark County School District meeting Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The teachers union (CCEA) and CCSD are currently in contract negotiations.
If history is an indicator, don’t expect a quick end to CCSD teachers’ contract dispute
Oct. 8, 2023
State laws outline the framework for arbitration, but they don’t dictate the pace or assume that an arbitrator has immediate availability. So as it stands ...
Superintendent Jesus Jara attends a CCSD School Board of Trustees meeting at the Clark County School District Education Center Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.
Las Vegas appoints nonvoting member to School Board
Oct. 4, 2023
The Las Vegas City Council in a unanimous vote today appointed Adam Johnson to the Clark County School District School Board to serve as the city’s representative.