Under a law that took effect July 1, non-resident veterans are allowed to pay in-state tuition at any Nevada System of Higher Education institution. The law grants Nevada residency to veterans who enroll in school within two years of being honorably discharged from service.
Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by the Nevada System of Higher Education, its two universities and the University of Nevada School of Medicine to develop a full-scale medical school in Southern Nevada.
A national assessment shows Nevada students fell short of the national average in math and reading despite the unprecedented efforts of the Silver State’s predominant district, Clark County, to assist failing students and hire reform-minded leadership.
Americans who passed part, but not all, of the GED test are rushing to finish the high school equivalency exam before a new version rolls out in January and their previous scores are wiped out. About 1 million people could be affected.
The digging has been halted, the hearing canceled and witnesses released from their subpoenas. An eight-member commission will consider a settlement proposed by Carolyn Edwards’ attorney behind closed doors and then vote on it in public.
After five scandal-plagued years as University of North Carolina chancellor, Holden Thorp was downright ecstatic to start over on a campus where the term “student-athlete” doesn’t evince snickers and groans.
Thirty-two students from a Beijing-area school shadowed Coronado High School students every day last week, joining them for activities and sports, marking what officials gather is the first instance of the Clark County School District hosting a group of students from the communist country.
A proposed Las Vegas charter school where students would learn Latin, read original Constitution documents and be required to acquire more credits to graduate than other schools won unanimous approval Friday by the state Public Charter School Authority.
The longtime Henderson resident and educator Harriet Treem was known for her dedication to students, a reputation that also led to her becoming the namesake of a Henderson elementary school.
A Utah school teacher is trying to drum up support for a proposal to honor educators who die while protecting students, citing a Nevada teacher’s death in a school shooting this week.
College students in Nevada who have accumulated excess credits but have failed to complete their degrees will pay the price beginning next fall. That’s when an excess credit fee approved last November by the state’s Board of Regents will go into effect.
A story printed in Tuesday’s Review-Journal about excess credit fees that will take effect next fall for Nevada college students should have said the fee at community colleges kicks in at 90 credits.
State Superintendent of Public Schools Dale Erquiaga and Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky were at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy Monday night to discuss the education of Nevada’s least academically successful student demographic.
Faculty at Nevada’s community colleges might see a paycheck increase in early 2014 after years of budget cuts that brought them salary reductions and unpaid days off. The adjustments are mainly due to a new salary schedule that was adopted by the state’s Board of Regents earlier this year.
