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Governor makes final State Board of Education appointments

Gov. Brian Sandoval announced his final appointments to the State Board of Education on Monday, choosing to keep President Stavan Corbett of Clark County on the board and adding Freeman Holbrook, a Reno middle school math teacher.

Nevada ranks 21st in new education report

Holly Steed was a product of public schools and spent her career teaching high school music. But when she retired from Clark County School District after having her third child, she and her husband decided their children would try a different route.

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No police in most Las Vegas schools

The only armed personnel at Clark County School District campuses are the 140 school police officers. Two officers are permanently stationed at each of the 49 high schools.

Teen arrested with unloaded rifle at northwest valley school

A former student of Northwest Career and Technical Academy was arrested Friday morning after school police officers found an unloaded semiautomatic rifle inside his car while it was parked in the campus parking lot, Las Vegas police said.

UNLV student design projects seek to solve practical problems

More than 30 teams of undergraduate engineering students showed off their ingenuity Dec. 5 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2012 Senior Design Competition.

Governor appoints Elaine Wynn to state education board

Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed billionaire education advocate Elaine Wynn to the State Board of Education on Monday, enacting lawmaker-approved changes to the board that sets education policy.

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