The Public Education Foundation is accepting applications through Jan. 31 for the Charles and Phyllis Frias Legacy Scholarship.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-2921
Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
Nevada State College is set to give an update Wednesday to higher education regents about its proposed name change , but the regents aren’t expected to take action.
Nevada’s higher education board has scheduled a special meeting Wednesday to consider hiring an interim chief of staff after the previous official resigned.
The Clark County School District program began this school year at three east Las Vegas campuses.
It’s the second year the goldendoodle therapy dog has been at the school. His guardian, Principal Jessica Lovell, wants to help students cope with their anxiety.
The university’s team was among 17 groups that participated in an avatar robotics testing event in Long Beach, California.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board gave conditional approval Friday for a resubmitted application for Rooted School-Clark County.
A Nevada System of Higher Education committee voted to require each school to create training programs that address discriminationl
Nevada Connections Academy, a public charter high school, has boosted its graduation rate and academic performance following a 2020 decision that allowed it to stay open.
Regents announced Thursday that chief of staff and special counsel Robert Kilroy has resigned.
The Clark County School District’s rate was 81.3 percent — up from 80.9 percent the previous year, according to data released Thursday.
The state’s higher education regents will meet Friday to consider firing board chief of staff and special counsel Robert Kilroy, who started on the job in August.
New scholarships were announced Thursday to support those affected by the mass shooting that occurred on Oct. 1, 2017.
The Nevada Department of Education announced Wednesday that five schools have received the designation for supporting military-connected children.
Preliminary results Wednesday showed Heather Brown, Susan Brager, Michelee “Shelly” Crawford and Stephanie Goodman leading.
