Leah Chan Grinvald was selected following a nationwide search, the law school said in a Wednesday news release. She’ll start on the job July 1.
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.
The state’s Legislative Commission voted Monday to approve a regulation that will allow the Clark County School District to hire substitutes who have only a high school diploma.
Young Women’s Leadership Academy of Las Vegas is the first public charter school adopted by a Las Vegas gaming company, Las Vegas Sands Corp.
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto sent a letter last week to two federal agencies requesting that a two-year foreign residence requirement for Nevada’s cultural exchange educators be waived.
Trustees voted 6-1 on Thursday night to approve a notice of intent to revise an existing policy. The school district is required to take action under a new state law.
Officials from the university and its Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at the construction site near the Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex.
Foundation Chair Beverly Rogers and Chief Executive Officer Rory Reid filed lawsuits Tuesday in First Judicial District Court in Carson City, Educate Nevada Now announced.
Hannah Brown, who moved to Las Vegas in 1945 at age 6 and attended Westside Grammar School during segregation, became active in improving local education as an adult.
The Las Vegas organization wants to reach more local children by training additional school counselors, social workers and nurses — as well as community volunteers — to facilitate groups.
Attorneys from the Thomas More Society and Reno-based O’Mara law firm sent a demand letter Wednesday to the Clark County School District and East Career & Technical Academy.
The Clark County School Board took steps Friday to move forward with looking at school violence issues amid community concerns about recent incidents.
The drop in numbers in the Clark County School District doesn’t necessary mean fewer local families experienced homelessness, though — simply that schools didn’t reach as many.
Nevada System of Higher Education regents voted 9-3 on Thursday to conclude an investigation into Chancellor Melody Rose’s sex-based hostile work environment complaint and restore two board officers.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents meets Thursday to conclude an investigation into Chancellor Melody Rose’s sex-based hostile work environment complaint.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Pinecrest Academy of Nevada to open a virtual school and increase enrollment at two campuses.
