Teachers trying to help students understand the import of the D.C. insurrection used historic events and current issues to put the event in perspective.
Aleksandra Appleton
Education reporter
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Aleksandra joined the Review-Journal in June 2019 to cover higher education. She was previously the education reporter at the Fresno Bee in California, and prior to starting at the Bee, she got her master's in journalism from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
The problem with Google Meet, the service used for live classes throughout the district, marked the third time this week that online classes have experienced technical issues.
Nevada schools are set to receive about $477 million in federal relief from the next COVID-19 aid package — more than four times the total provided by the CARES Act.
The organizers of an initiative to improve Nevada students’ access to distance learning said Tuesday that all state students now have access to a computer and internet at home.
Three new Clark County School Board members and one returning trustee took their oaths of office on Monday ahead of their four-year terms governing the fifth-largest school district in the nation.
A CCSD teacher is a semifinalist for the Grammys Music Educator of the Year award, the only candidate from Nevada among 25 teachers nationwide in the running for a $20,000 prize.
High school junior’s passion project designed to share her love of reading and ballet with younger kids led her to create an online class that marries the two.
The school district also presented a proposed reopening plan that would return prekindergarten to 3rd grade students to classrooms first, followed by older students.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara received middling marks on his yearly evaluation from his seven bosses on Tuesday, scoring highest for financial reporting and lowest for communication.
The Clark County School District will spend $761,000 on a platform to monitor the mental health of students and staff amid growing concerns about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on emotional well-being.
The Clark County school board on Thursday heard the amended final budget for the 2020-2021 school year, including an update on how the district has allocated its federal emergency relief fund allocations.
Nevada’s high school graduation rates slipped for the Class of 2020 after several years of steady gains, according to state data released Thursday.
The app-based program known as TIES allows employees to screen themselves for symptoms, participate in contact tracing and schedule free COVID-19 tests.
At the age most kids are learning to read, 5-year-old Justyn Boumah of Las Vegas wrote his 12th book. Now he’s raising money to help homeless youth and promote literacy in his hometown and beyond.
The Clark County School District is asking parents, students and staff to complete its annual Districtwide Parent/Guardian Survey.
