A little dose of good news never hurts and this morning it was great to read that Clark County high school kids graduated at a higher rate.
It was always a community embarrassment to have a graduation rate of 50 percent. Last year the rate was 59 percent. And this year it's up to 65 percent.
Although the numbers are preliminary, it's still good to hear the news and congrats go out to the district, the teachers and the students.
The four-hour event featured sessions on applying for federal student loans, college admission and strategies for completing resumes and searching for jobs.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s sixth annual Academic Excellence Awards were given out Sunday at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center.
Though current student scholarships are safe, The Engelstad Foundation’s CEO has severed ties with the university over squabbles with administration.
A budding crop of local journalists who honed their skills at their high schools were honored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal in its 45th annual High School Journalism Awards.
A Clark County School District substitute teacher has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful contact with a minor.
A man was stabbed and a suspect was taken into custody outside a school in downtown Las Vegas, which went on lockdown as a result.
A teacher at a school in the western Las Vegas Valley is facing a felony child abuse charge, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Twenty-three students from Goldfarb Elementary School got to meet Mojave Max, the tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program, at the Springs Preserve.
When the new school year starts, some CCSD students won’t have access to the internet on their cellphones on campus and must wear ID badges.
A Las Vegas high school was placed on soft lockdown and a man was arrested after police discovered a gun in a car stopped in the school’s parking lot.
