New rules will aim to make charter schools more inclusive
The remains of a failed proposal to put a moratorium on new charter schools may still bring notable changes to the number and types...
Tax hike dominates joint meeting of county commission, school board
A historic joint meeting of the Clark County Commission and the Clark County School District Board Thursday night yielded a wish-list of programs worth...
Cortez Masto schools Fed chair on value of a trade education
Nevada U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Friday challenged the Federal Reserve chairman for perpetuating a “false narrative” that higher education is the only...
Cow shot three times at UNR slaughterhouse prompts action by USDA
Killing cows is no big deal in Nevada, where beef and cattle ranching is the top agricultural industry.
But in March, when it took three...
Charter schools excluded from controversial funding boost
Was it intentional?
That’s the question circling the charter school community in the aftermath of the passage of an education funding bill that provides additional...
Cortez Masto wants to shrink schools’ carbon footprints
WASHINGTON -- Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) introduced legislation Tuesday that seeks to upgrade infrastructure and reduce emissions at public schools.
Her bill,...
Helping homeless youth succeed: what it takes, and where the state fits in
More than once in her life, 18-year-old Alonn Adams didn’t think she would graduate high school.
Since she was 9, she lived in 26...
Nevada treasurer envisions bigger, more activist role for office
From addressing part of the nagging issue of banking in the marijuana industry, to finding a way to make the popular Millennium Scholarship financially...
Bill to increase funding for treatment of autistic children left as an audit
A bill that advocates believe would have expanded funding for an effective early intervention treatment for hundreds of autistic youth was watered down during...
Correction: NSHE still short on COLA raises
Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Thom Reilly earlier this week told area media that due to an error, the state budget for the...