The scholarships were awarded to high school seniors Wednesday during a Facebook Livestream, including two $100,000 scholarships valid for any university in the U.S.
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The complaint filed by Trustee Danielle Ford alleges Superintendent Jesus Jara instructed a school district lobbyist to meet with school board candidate Jeff Proffitt.
“It’s pretty hard to top this,” Kenneth Brown, who teaches English and African American studies at Sierra Vista High School, said of the surprise.
An online charter school scheduled to be shut down after this year will continue operating after all, following a reversal by the state’s charter authority on Tuesday.
The agreement, which includes a 1.75 percent pay like and the potential for additional lab pay, now heads to the NSHE Board of Regents for final approval.
Nevada’s colleges and universities are planning to resume in-person classes as early as this summer, according to a news release Monday.
After months of protests and public pressure for a pay raise, Clark County School District substitute teachers may be close to achieving their goal.
The buses began rolling Friday on 13 routes throughout the Las Vegas Valley to help students access online learning materials during school closures.
The economic fallout of COVID-19 could have a greater impact on public schools than the recession, according to Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara.
The Clark County School District hosted a virtual town hall with Superintendent Jesus Jara and School Board Trustee Deanna Wright on Tuesday afternoon.
Nearly a third of the Clark County School District’s 325,081 students could not be contacted the week after spring break, new data sent to the Nevada Department of Education shows.
Even fire drills are different in the age of coronavirus.
When Clark County students go back to their classrooms, it may be on a staggered bell schedule or through alternate programming, according to new plans presented to the school board Thursday.
The Clark County School District board will hear an update on the district’s plan to conduct distance learning following an order by Gov. Steve Sisolak to keep schools closed.
Educators say they miss the classroom and their kids, but the bigger concern is whether students will remain engaged during the extended at-home learning experience.
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