Topic: Nevada
What parents who teach their own children want you to know A version of this story was posted at lasvegasweekly.com on Oct. 20. Here is a sampling of comments from our readers: Doubting grandparents will be won over by the love and ...
Program helping plan best routes for walking and biking to schoolOn a recent morning before school, a parent volunteer watched as a car door flew open, blocking the sidewalk directly in the path of a student on a bike who was barely ...
The decline bucks a nationwide trend fueled by Chinese studentsThe number of international students in Nevada has declined slightly even as national enrollment figures rose to a record high, according to a federal report released Monday.Nevada hosted 2,795 international students during the ...
Build a medical school.There's a lot to chew on in a 178-page report presented to the Economic Development Board on Monday, but that one stood out to me for its short- and long-term benefits.The report, prepared by researchers with the Brookings Institution ...
Gov. Brian Sandoval said he plans to continue following Florida's education reform model by pushing for laws that promote school choice and put an end to the idea that students should automatically advance to the next grade level.Sandoval and former Florida Gov. ...
Elizondo Elementary's growing kindergarten population is putting the squeeze on the school's resourcesOne by one, Paula Barry's kindergarten class marched out of her classroom in a long, single-file line that stretched the length of the hallway and around the corner. "Here come ...
Nevada's universities are critical to state's future economic successThe leaders of UNLV and UNR both recently gave their annual speeches outlining the state of their universities and, without shying away from the difficult fiscal realities facing their institutions, both were remarkably optimistic.UNLV ...
States should do more to protect integrity of standardized testsMore than 170 teachers and administrators in Atlanta public schools are accused of participating in cheating on standardized tests to inflate student achievement.Teachers and administrators allegedly erased answers on students' standardized tests and ...
A new report that crunches the numbers on the missed earning potential of college dropouts says failing to graduate results in millions of dollars in lost income and tax revenue that could have helped spur economic development in Nevada and across the ...
One of the biggest complaints Nevada educators have about the federal initiative to improve classroom education, No Child Left Behind, is that its higher and higher standards have left more and more schools falling behind, panting to catch up.On Monday, Nevada schools ...
Photo Gallery
From Around the Web
Video Gallery
-
Ron Paul Energetic Speech In Nevada ...
Airing Date Jan.31, 2012 You can also view this ...2012-02-01 -
Newt Gingrich's Speech in Nevada ...
Former House speaker says Nevada caucus loss won't deter ...2012-02-05 -
Nevada Caucus 2012 Preview
The Republican presidential candidates will confront one of the country ...2012-02-03
