In The News: College of Education

Raw Story

When two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks where they had been waiting for a business meeting on April 12, the incident called renewed attention to the bias that racial minorities face in American society.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A timeline for a “Top Gun”-style teacher preparation program slated to start next year at UNLV has slowed down because of concerns from an anonymous donor.

EdTech

College campuses are often a hotbed for innovation aimed at promoting student success. However, sometimes a simple text message is all it takes to point a struggling student in the right direction.

Medium

National Center for Institutional Diversity | During the 2013–2014 school year, I conducted a qualitative research study in a transfer high school in New York City.

Las Vegas Sun

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.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

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.

Ed Prep Matters

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.

Las Vegas Review Journal

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.

KUNR

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.

Reno Gazette-Journal

After years of floundering near the bottom in a widely watched report card for state education systems, Nevada has sunk to dead last.

Las Vegas Sun

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.

Las Vegas Review Journal

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.