In The News: College of Education
If leading the country’s fifth-largest school district isn’t daunting enough, try doing so in the midst of a massive reorganization, a budget deficit of at least $60 million and a continual firestorm of pushback from unions and trustees.
UNLV assistant professor Josh Baker began researching ways to raise funds for students with intellectual disabilities and autism to go to college back in 2013. The program is a success. He’s August’s Shining Star.
In advance of the 68th Annual Meeting, AACTE held a press briefing last month at the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ, focused on educator preparation providers’ work to address the teacher shortages in Nevada.
Less than 5 percent of Clark County schools will host one of four initiatives that Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky plans to debut or expand in the upcoming school year.
The Education Savings Account Program was supposed to begin doling out money to some 4,000 families in February. But last week a state court granted a preliminary injunction halting it.
After years of floundering near the bottom in a widely watched report card for state education systems, Nevada has sunk to dead last.
Nevada’s ongoing teacher shortage and the Silver State’s status as a barometer for education issues across the country were among the concerns that took top billing in a first-ever UNLV education summit on Monday.
A little more than six months after Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a dizzying list of education reforms into law, policymakers and education leaders will meet Monday to consider what's next for the Silver State.
Nevada lawmakers recently passed SB302, a landmark education bill. Today, as part of our series “Nevada’s Gamble on School Choice” Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray explores the unforeseen consequences the new law could have on the state.
Bailey Lamonte is ready to start college, something her parents never thought possible.