The Nevada Future of Learning Network and the convening prioritize the benefits and challenges of the Portrait of a Nevada Leaner implementation, centering on the significance of personalized, competency-based learning.

The true cost of these book banning attempts does not end with our freedoms as Americans. This process recently cost taxpayers approximately $5,000 in salaries and time for one book challenge at one valley high school.

A former teacher who suffered life-threatening injuries after she was attacked by a student at Eldorado High School in Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit nearly two years later.

The state’s open meeting law doesn't result in more transparent deliberation. Instead, it empowers a series of unaccountable and unelected middlemen to communicate and coordinate on behalf of the officials.

From the moment he was hired in 2018, it was evident that Clark County schools Superintendent Jesus Jara didn’t have broad support. But after a motion to hire an internal candidate failed, the board turned its sights to Jara.

The Clark County School Board on Thursday approved Superintendent Jesus Jara’s new resignation terms, which include a one-time lump sum payment of $250,000, half the amount he had initially asked for.

The findings underscore the difficulty in recruiting and retaining experienced teachers in higher-needs schools, one of several factors that keep these schools from improving.

Jara said his resignation was contingent on the board approving a contract amendment that would grant him a severance package that includes a year’s worth of salary, about $400,000, and other benefits.

In this week's edition of the Indy Education newsletter, read about Clark County high school student who received a full-ride scholarship to Brown University.

For most government agencies, spending tax dollars to keep the public in the dark is considered nothing more than a routine cost of doing business — as is illustrated by the utter lack of concern shown by CCSD trustees. 

The Clark County School District released body camera footage from last February late Thursday evening showing school police officers using force against Black students, after a court order compelled its release.

The schedules provide insight into Nevada's constitutional officers’ meetings and priorities during the 2023 legislative session.

[Clark County Superintendent Jesus] Jara might be highly unpopular among teachers, the public and elected officials, but his call for greater transparency makes far more sense than the union’s push to legalize strikes.

After months of bitter contract negotiations between the Clark County School District and the Clark County Education Association, they announced Wednesday that they’ve reached a historic agreement.

Commercial curriculum, arbitrary seat time, one-size-fits-all pathways and unreasonable expectations that every student will attend college are the realities of today. Our students want their voices heard, seen and valued.

The university received $3 million in grants to bolster its cybersecurity training and consulting. MGM, Caesars and the Clark County School District have recently been victims of cyberattacks.

Across our state, schools are either in dire need of immediate replacement or are on the brink of requiring such action. The urgency is palpable, especially in our urban districts such as Clark and Washoe counties.

A cybersecurity breach in the Clark County School District this week forced some teachers to shift assignments from computers to paper, and has made emails and other files unavailable to staff while off campus.

Chronic absenteeism rates ticked down slightly in the 2022-2023 school year but remain much higher than before the pandemic. Officials said the pandemic fostered a decrease in student engagement.

As long as the Clark County School District and Clark County Education Association refuse to act in the best interests of the kids who attend our schools, teachers will continue to look for other options outside of education.