Education

CCSD students trade textbooks for tool belts to help keep schools running

Central Technical Training Academy is a small career and technical education high school in CCSD for juniors and seniors...

CCSD schools set bold new goals for math and literacy rates by 2031

The Clark County School District’s new five-year plan commits to steep improvements in math and reading proficiency, safer schools for students and staff and ...

Nevada nonprofit gives bipartisan endorsements for state Legislature

Battle Born Kids Matter, an affiliate of the Nevada education nonprofit Opportunity 180, has gotten into political endorsements with a bipartisan selection of candidates for ...

Cortez Masto aims to expand funding for safe rides to school amid spike in CCSD pedestrian strikes

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is pushing to extend federal safety funding to school bus routes under a bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday.

TeachAAPI brings Asian American history and joy to CCSD classrooms

In Anna Comia’s third-grade classroom at Ortwein Elementary School, more than half of the children have Asian or Pacific Islander heritage.

Shadow Ridge seniors challenge Gen Z stereotypes at the ballot box

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar visited Shadow Ridge Tuesday to present the Helen J. Stewart Award, a recognition given to high schools that register ...

Ford tabs restoring universal meals as priority for Nevada schools

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s education platform, if he is elected governor, includes free school meals for all students. Not only would guaranteed school meals ...

High school students take the fight against tobacco to CSN

Jeana Kim remembers the day her friend’s father died from health complications tied to years of smoking. Watching someone her own age carry that grief ...

Nevada State gets new president as regents choose Rutgers-Camden leader

The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents have named Rutgers-Camden Provost Sandra Richtermeyer as the next president of Nevada State University, ending a ...

CCSD specialized programs assistant charged with abuse at elementary school

A specialized programs teacher assistant at a Clark County School District elementary school was arrested today on charges related battery and child abuse, according to ...

Nevada leaders move to connect the dots between classrooms and careers

Nevada education leaders are looking forward to using an existing trove of data to clarify the pipeline from school to college and the workforce.

Final bell rings for 113 years of education history in Goodsprings, Nevada

With only two students left on its rolls, Goodsprings Elementary School — the oldest and smallest school in the Clark County School District — is ...

$7 million in federal grants to boost seven Las Vegas charter schools

More than $7 million in recently awarded federal grants are helping seven Las Vegas-area charter schools launch, grow and sustain programs. The Great Schools for ...

The beat goes on for Foothill’s marching band dynasty. Next stop: Philadelphia

The sun beat down on Foothill High School’s black-and-blue uniforms as the marching band trailed a pink lowrider carrying Bruno Mars down the Las Vegas ...

New partnership creates 'educational sovereignty' for Native American scholars at UNLV

UNLV and Fort Lewis College have established a partnership aimed at expanding graduate access for undergraduate students at the Colorado institution.

CCSD opens online registrations for 2026-27 school year

Clark County School District registrations are open for the 2026-27 school year, the district stated in a news release. All students must be registered every ...

Modeling the mission: Faith Lutheran staff swap school for day of service

Surrounded by colleagues on an assembly line at the Three Square food bank, Faith Lutheran High School Principal Kat Stokes helped pack lunches for hungry ...

Top US graduate programs ranked: Which UNLV programs made top 100?

More than a dozen UNLV graduate programs ranked among the top 100 in their respective disciplines in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Graduate ...

CCSD to consider closing historic Goodsprings Elementary School

The Clark County School District is considering closing Goodsprings Elementary School, its oldest and smallest rural school, at the end of the year. Goodsprings, located ...

Aging buildings, fewer students create new reality for CCSD

The Clark County School District faces a stark reality: Enrollment is falling while its buildings continue to age. For the nation’s fifth-largest district, that equation ...