Emily Richmond

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Hundreds rally to protest governor's proposed budget cuts: University official: Students should tell lawmakers how cuts would affect them; Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010; Cloudy skies and a chilly drizzle did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the estimated 700 UNLV students who turned out for a campus rally today to protest proposed budget cuts to higher education.
In throwback to 1960s, students plan walkout today to protest budget cuts: UNLV provost cautions students, faculty; Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010; Taking a page from earlier generations of Southern Nevada campus activists, UNLV students plan a walkout today to oppose Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed budget cuts.
They may have to dust off their protest manual.
Nevada treasurer on prepaid tuition program: It’s a ‘win-win’: Monday, Feb. 8, 2010; Last week, President Barack Obama commented about the need for people to save for college tuition as opposed to throwing money away on, well, other diversions.
School districts seek greater autonomy on belt-tightening: Friday, Feb. 5, 2010; Lawmakers listened Thursday as school officials described the effects state budget cuts would have on their districts. Their almost universal message: Leave to us the final decision on what is cut — and what is saved.
Budget crunch puts shorter school year, teacher pay cuts on table: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010; Shortening the school year, cutting teacher pay and delaying textbook purchases were among the options floated at today’s meeting of the Interim Finance Committee, which met to review a potential $167 million hole in the state’s budget for K-12 education.
Regents’ options to cut higher education are all grim: Closing colleges, wiping out athletics among ways to slice millions in costs; Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010; This is how bad the news is getting for Nevada’s already-pummeled higher education system.
Chancellor: Budget cuts would undo 'decade of significant progress': Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010; The proposed cuts to Nevada’s public colleges and universities represents an “unwinding of almost a decade of significant progress in higher education,” Chancellor Dan Klaich said at today’s budget meeting.
Higher education faces greatest financial state of emergency in decades: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010; For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Board of Regents today will consider declaring a financial emergency that could lead to pay reductions, furloughs and layoffs of faculty and staff.
Too crowded to get to the top: More students in Advance Placement classes, but passing scores declining; Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010; Having sold thousands of students and their families on the value of college prep classes, the Clark County School District is wrestling with a problem of its own making: How to deliver the goods. District officials are concerned that some of the most challenging classes have become too crowded.
Deaf students learn about a college option just for them: Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010; It could have been a visit from any college recruiter to a Clark County high school, were it not for the question and answer session being conducted entirely through nimble fingers and hands.
At Liberty High School this week, the queries came in rapid succession for Nick Gould, a recent graduate of Gallaudet University, the world’s first higher education institution for the deaf.

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Construction work to delay new elementary school's opening: Monday, July 21, 2008; Students at the new Jesse Scott Elementary School will get an extra three weeks of summer vacation because construction work on the new North Las Vegas campus won't be finished in time for the start of the academic year.
UPDATE: School district might remove bond measure from ballot: Wednesday, July 16, 2008; The Clark County School Board will meet Friday at 9 a.m. to give final approval for removing the $9.5 billion construction bond measure from the November ballot.
Rulffes will cut 140 support jobs, mostly classroom aides: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
School board approves teachers' contract, including raises: Thursday, June 26, 2008; The Clark County School Board approved new contracts with its teachers and administrators Thursday, including a 4 percent cost-of-living pay hike authorized by the 2007 Legislature.
School board meeting halted for governor's speech: Thursday, June 26, 2008; The Clark County School Board called a brief recess in its meeting tonight so that the assembled audience - which includes the president and executive director of the teachers' union - could watch Gov. Jim Gibbons' speech.
Clark County schools chief outlines budget crunch possibilities: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
CCSD middle schoolers did better on math test: Wednesday, April 2, 2008; When it comes to algebra, some of Clark County’s middle school students appear to know more than their high school counterparts.
Making schools safer: Tuesday, March 11, 2008; The Clark County School District could improve safety on its campuses by buying small hand-held metal detectors for School Police and restricting entry points to campuses, says a security consultant hired after this
winter's shooting of students.
New police chief for Clark County School District: Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
Poll: Teachers are well paid: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008