In The News: Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education

USA Today

At a school board meeting in Phoenix this month, parent after parent got up to speak, letting the tensions of a year of uncertainty spill out inside a musty auditorium at the Queen Creek Unified School District.

Los Angeles Times

In a city with more than 50 wedding chapels, Anthony Herrera helped orchestrate an unusual marriage proposal by one of his best friends — at the front gates of the Death Star.

Seattle Times

The relationship between unions and school districts took on a new dimension during the pandemic.

Nevada Current

As the Clark County School District wraps up its second week of instruction, at least 39,574 students lack a Chromebook or device that allows them to fully participate in distance learning.

KNPR News

Teachers across Clark County returned to classes over the past few weeks and most of those classes were virtual.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

What does the future of education look like in Las Vegas? @MariaSilvaFOX5 spoke with a UNLV professor on the lasting and long-term effects.

HealthNewsDigest

The year 2020 hasn’t just been one for the history books: It’s made quite an impact on K-12 grade books as well.

The 19th

At a school board meeting in Phoenix earlier this month, parent after parent got up to speak, letting the tensions of a year of uncertainty spill out inside a musty auditorium at the Queen Creek Unified School District.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Many parents in Clark County say they're fed up with distance learning.

Las Vegas Sun

The Clark County School District’s abrupt shift to digital learning in mid-March was especially tough on lower-income and minority students. Reportedly, nearly one-third of all students stopped learning because they didn’t have a device or internet connectivity so they could participate in the remote instruction.

Politico

Teachers won newfound respect at the start of the pandemic as parents learned just how difficult it was to teach their kids at home.

Yahoo!

As a nurse at two elementary schools, Michelle Lally of Rockford, Illinois, is used to looking after children's health. And she's not squeamish about being around sick students.