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Nonprofit shares 12 days of Christmas spirit: Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014; During the holiday season, the nonprofit organization In12Days helps raise the spirits of families that have suffered great loss.
The classroom is teacher’s new front line: Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014; A Teach for America program helps transition veterans into civilian life in schools.
Participants plan on pursuing college, then the American dream: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014; As teenagers talked about their future during the Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum, they weren’t fantasizing about dream jobs and fancy homes, or worrying about what school they’d attend next. Instead, they focused on the burden of student loans, facing unemployment, paying off bills and providing for their future family — issues faced by ...
Students air differences on hot-button issues, leave vitriol behind: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014; Unlike the mudslinging, belittlement and intolerance on display not just during overheated campaign seasons but, increasingly during legislative sessions, students raised hands to speak rather than talking over each other ...
Moderators find ‘this generation is OK’: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014; The moderators include business executives, civic leaders, judges, educators, media representatives and members of the Las Vegas City Council, Clark County Commission and Clark County School Board ...
It’s official: Regents name new UNLV president: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014; UNLV has its new president. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents voted 12-1 today to approve Len Jessup, dean of the University of Arizona Eller College of Management, as ...
UNLV search panel selects Arizona dean as next president: Monday, Nov. 17, 2014; The UNLV President Search Committee has selected University of Arizona Eller College of Management Dean Len Jessup as its candidate for the university’s 10th ...
Committee ready to recommend next UNLV president: Monday, Nov. 17, 2014; After a week of forums, interviews and meetings, the UNLV President Search Committee is meeting today to make a recommendation for the university’s 10th president. The committee will choose among ...
Fast-talkin’ Rebels at the top of their game: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014; Teamwork helps lift UNLV’s nationally respected debate team to new heights ...
Are we properly preparing our kids for the workforce?: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014; A study says the need for workers in STEM fields is greater than the capacity of Nevada schools to provide them ...
University must play larger role in Las Vegas, says UNLV presidential candidate: Friday, Nov. 14, 2014; “We have to embrace Las Vegas,” White said. “Share their deficits and gaps, and then fill those gaps as a mechanism for creating high level research and education programs." ....
Business background shaped vision of UNLV presidential candidate Jessup: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014; In the search for the next president of UNLV, the first of three candidates appeared in a campus forum on Nov. 12. Len Jessup is the University of Arizona Eller College of Management Dean, and has also held positions in the business schools at both Washington State University and Indiana University.
UNLV presidential candidate Azziz shares his vision for school: Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014; or an hour, UNLV presidential candidate Dr. Ricardo Azziz fielded questions from the public about his plans for the future of the university. He talked about how he would repair low morale among faculty and staff by ...
Superintendent: No proof principal, assistant involved in cheating: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014; After a two-year investigation revealed a cheating scandal at Kelly Elementary School, Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky has decided he won’t ...
New CCSD software: Harnessing data to help students or a headache for teachers?: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014; This is the first year of the Clark County School District’s Infinite Campus roll out. So far, its release has been met with a mix of frustration and optimism from teachers. The learning curve is steep, like jumping from Macintosh ...
UNLV group: There’s strength in numbers, and bystanders outnumber rapists: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014; A UNLV group says it often doesn’t take more than speaking up to prevent a crime ...
How to teach kids to handle bullies: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014; Experts offer advice on how to talk to your children about bullies and steps children can take to deal with bullying ...
Program gives students an inside look at working in a hospital — long before med school: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014; Equipped with confidence from all of her training, Erin Lagman decided to switch plans at the end of high school and become a pharmacist ...
A year in, eyeing school district’s progress on long-term goals: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014; Last year Skorkowsky, with the support of the Clark County School Board, unveiled five-year goals in six areas to improve the district, which routinely ranks at the bottom of the nation in education. The first-year results announced today were ...
Caucus launches effort to lift impoverished black students in CCSD: Monday, Oct. 27, 2014; There are 32,371 black students in the Clark County School District on free and reduced-price lunch plans, and they represent an invisible student population. These students make up about ...
Henderson elementary school in running for $100,000 tech grant: Friday, Oct. 24, 2014; “We have to get that sustained push,” Moynihan said. “Not just one more vote, we have to keep it going.”
Kindergarten today: It’s no longer as easy as ABC: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014; The kindergartners walk into Raeleen Martinez’s classroom and begin digging through their superhero and princess backpacks for their reading booklets. Martinez’s sing-song voice and perpetual smile welcome them to her class at Martinez Elementary School and get them started on their first activity, reading the booklet, “I Like Salad.” She tells them to read the words they know. The boys and girls seated at their group tables know ...
Company’s water conservation contest offers cash prizes for students: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014; Las Vegas K-12 students have a chance to turn ideas about water conservation into cash, courtesy of ...
Search for next UNLV president raises red flag for one regent: Monday, Oct. 20, 2014; The chairman of UNLV’s president search committee raised questions about the selection process after a candidate who had been rejected was resurrected among the final ...
3 finalists named for UNLV president: Monday, Oct. 20, 2014; The number of candidates for UNLV president has been narrowed to three. The candidates were announced today during a meeting of the UNLV Board of Regents and Presidential Search Committee. The finalists are ...
Mama and Papa Jaguars are liking having a second set of parents at school: Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014; Desert Pines High School set out to give student-athletes added support as “another way to show the kids we’re here for you.” The Mama and Papa Jaguar Program does just that.
You’re not a kid anymore: Program uses role play to teach students about finance: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014; What's the best way teach kids the value of a dollar? In the Capital One Junior Achievement Finance Park program, the answer is to bring them face-to-face with the monetary decisions their parents face on a ...
Philanthropist’s $12M gift to boost special education programs at UNLV: Gift from estate of Kitty Rodman is largest in history of College of Education; Monday, Oct. 13, 2014; When longtime UNLV supporter Kitty Rodman died in February, she had one more gift waiting for the university. UNLV officials announced today that Rodman had willed a $12 million grant to ...
CCSD to replace portables with permanent elementary school at West Prep Academy: Monday, Oct. 13, 2014; For five years, the portables have been home to the school's 500 elementary students. Now some of the final dollars of the Clark County School District’s 1998 Capital Improvement Plan bond will be used to build a permanent grade school.
Las Vegas homeless program for youths offers graduates more than a diploma: Friday, Oct. 10, 2014; For young adults like Angelo Kelley, the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth offers a pathway out of a life on the street and opportunities to ...
For autistic children and their families, this UNLV honoree offers hope: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014; For providing care for families with autistic children in Las Vegas and becoming "one of the best assets that Touro University has," Dr. Nicole Cavenagh has earned ...
Study: Despite new funding formula, Northern Nevada schools still come out on top: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014; Nevada’s new higher education funding model may not be the great equalizer it was billed to be for Southern Nevada schools, according to a UNLV Lincy Institute report released today. Last year, the Legislature approved ...
Adult class aims to clear up confusion from Common Core: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014; Some parents are getting frustrated trying to help their children with math homework.
New nonprofit touted as hub for health care in Nevada: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014; A new medical entity has emerged in Nevada, but its mission isn’t to compete with hospitals and medical schools — it’s here to help them. The Nevada Medical Center was unveiled ...
Standout principal: Job requires vision, compassion and willingness to get dirty: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014; Lee Esplin had no idea what he had accomplished as a top school administrator until a colleague nominated him to be ...
2 Las Vegas Valley schools named among best in the country: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014; Two Las Vegas Valley schools were named among the best in the country today, earning the National Blue Ribbon School award from the ...
UNLV education major awarded Gov. Guinn scholarship: Monday, Sept. 29, 2014; UNLV senior Tara Leigh Myl received a financial boost in her goal to finish college without any debt, becoming the Southern Nevada recipient of the ...
Panel explores impact of proposed UNLV medical school: Monday, Sept. 29, 2014; UNLV has taken another step in an effort to establish an accredited medical school. Last week, the university submitted an application to begin the accreditation process for ...
Lights! Camera! Math! Vegas PBS show offers homework help for students: Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014; Andrew Sullivan and Andrew Lenselink are stars of a reality show like no other in Las Vegas. From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, the two don matching shirts and become TV tutors ...
Professor’s goal: Make UNLV a hotbed for robotics: Friday, Sept. 26, 2014; For the past 14 years, Paul Oh has been working with students at Drexel University to turn science fiction into reality. His specialty is robotics. His projects include designing a flying ambulance to rescue people injured in disasters, developing a field of indoor flying robots to help first responders and ...
Wynn hosts back-to-school fair at casino for employees: Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014; Ana Zaragoza browsed education booths amid a crowd of co-workers during her lunch break today at Wynn Las Vegas, collecting pamphlets about resources she was learning about for the first time. She had no idea about a tutoring website that her 16-year-old daughter could ...
‘You are college bound’: State sends message with free savings accounts for every kid: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014; Parents and children gathered Tuesday at Bonner Elementary for the launch of the Nevada College Kick Start Program, which gives the state’s 35,000 kindergarten students each a college savings account with ...
At Jydstrup Elementary, students speak 37 languages — and learn a lesson in diversity: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014; The Clark County School District includes 85,000 students who don't speak English as a first language. Administrators can’t afford to hire interpreters to transition the students into the classroom, so it’s up to the teachers ...
Program aimed at tackling truancy gets is underway: Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014; More than 120,000 students were reported truant in Clark County during the 2013-14 school year. The Truancy Diversion Project is designed to decrease that number through a ...
Count Day: CCSD enrolls record number of students: Friday, Sept. 19, 2014; It’s 9:30 a.m., time for morning attendance at Rex Bell Elementary School on one of the most important attendance days of the year. The children, 30 in all, sit quietly at their desks as they wait for their name to be called ...
Snyder lays out his vision for UNLV of tomorrow: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014; Change is on the horizon at UNLV, acting President Don Snyder said today during his State of University address. Snyder laid out his vision for UNLV’s future. He said that by 2034, he envisions ...
Nonprofit specializes in helping Las Vegas students get back on track: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014; When she arrived on the campus of Cimarron-Memorial High School for her junior year, Whitney Cole had a reputation for trouble. She had been kicked out of ...
UNLV scores a world-class supercomputer, touted as boon to research: Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014; One of the most powerful computers in the world is on its way to being connected to UNLV. UNLV confirmed today that it received Intel’s “Cherry Creek” supercomputer, which will be stored at ...
Applications being accepted for preschool scholarships: Monday, Sept. 15, 2014; The application process is underway for parents to receive part of a $1 million grant to send their children to preschool programs in Las Vegas. For the fourth consecutive year, Windsong Trust ...
70 CCSD schools drop in state’s latest performance rankings: Friday, Sept. 12, 2014; The stars are falling in the Clark County School District as more schools slipped in the latest Nevada public school rankings than increased. The Nevada School Performance Framework results ...