- 30 percent of young Nevada children are obese, study finds
- Tuesday, June 24, 2014
- Nearly a third of Nevada children are considered obese by the time they enter kindergarten, according to a recent UNLV report. UNLV’s report found that ...
- Help your children stay on top with summer reading
- Sunday, June 22, 2014
- Minimize the negative effects of a long break on your kids’ education. Book suggestions for kids and adults.
- CCSD joins broad campaign calling for new school funding formula
- Thursday, June 19, 2014
- The Clark County School Board unanimously passed a joint resolution tonight, joining school boards and superintendents across Nevada in calling for a change in the way ...
- Study: New UNLV stadium could pack $511 million economic punch
- Thursday, June 19, 2014
- UNLV’s proposed new football stadium could add $231 million to $511 million in direct spending to the Las Vegas economy each year, if it’s built. The university hopes to build a 50,000-seat stadium closer to ...
- Report shows more Nevada kids in poverty; lawmakers consider funding change
- Thursday, June 19, 2014
- More Nevada children are living in poverty as the state sluggishly recovers from the Great Recession, according to a new UNLV report released Wednesday.
- Senior send-offs: Local high school grads talk growing up
- Wednesday, June 18, 2014
- More than 14,000 Clark County high school seniors are graduating this year in the class of 2014. We spoke with eight seniors from Shadow Ridge High School on their graduation day about growing up in Las Vegas, graduating and what's next ...
- Lawmakers say no to local control of community colleges
- Tuesday, June 17, 2014
- An interim legislative committee today recommended keeping Nevada’s five community colleges under the higher education system instead of placing them under local control. Over the objections of...
- Lawsuit alleges ex-superintendent Dwight Jones ‘buried’ multimillion-dollar deficit
- Tuesday, June 17, 2014
- A local health insurance broker has sued the Clark County School District, alleging wrongful termination as well as financial mismanagement by ...
- With health care costs rising, CCSD mulls districtwide insurance plan
- Monday, June 16, 2014
- The Clark County School District is considering a single, districtwide health insurance plan to offer cheaper health care for its 38,000 employees. The district has been trying to ...
- Why so many higher-ed professors make so little
- Sunday, June 15, 2014
- At UNLV, almost 40 percent of the faculty make less than a first-year first-grade teacher.
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