Brian Nordli

Participants plan on pursuing college, then the American dream

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014

As teenagers talked about their future during the Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum, they weren’t fantasizing about dream jobs and fancy homes, or worrying about what school they’d attend next. Instead, they focused on the burden of student loans, facing unemployment, paying off bills and providing for their future family — issues faced by ...

Students air differences on hot-button issues, leave vitriol behind

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014

Unlike the mudslinging, belittlement and intolerance on display not just during overheated campaign seasons but, increasingly during legislative sessions, students raised hands to speak rather than talking over each other ...

It’s official: Regents name new UNLV president

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014

UNLV has its new president. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents voted 12-1 today to approve Len Jessup, dean of the University of Arizona Eller College of Management, as ...

Committee ready to recommend next UNLV president

Monday, Nov. 17, 2014

After a week of forums, interviews and meetings, the UNLV President Search Committee is meeting today to make a recommendation for the university’s 10th president. The committee will choose among ...

Are we properly preparing our kids for the workforce?

Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014

A study says the need for workers in STEM fields is greater than the capacity of Nevada schools to provide them ...

UNLV presidential candidate Azziz shares his vision for school

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014

or an hour, UNLV presidential candidate Dr. Ricardo Azziz fielded questions from the public about his plans for the future of the university. He talked about how he would repair low morale among faculty and staff by ...

Superintendent: No proof principal, assistant involved in cheating

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014

After a two-year investigation revealed a cheating scandal at Kelly Elementary School, Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky has decided he won’t ...

Program gives students an inside look at working in a hospital — long before med school

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014

Equipped with confidence from all of her training, Erin Lagman decided to switch plans at the end of high school and become a pharmacist ...

A year in, eyeing school district’s progress on long-term goals

Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014

Last year Skorkowsky, with the support of the Clark County School Board, unveiled five-year goals in six areas to improve the district, which routinely ranks at the bottom of the nation in education. The first-year results announced today were ...

Caucus launches effort to lift impoverished black students in CCSD

Monday, Oct. 27, 2014

There are 32,371 black students in the Clark County School District on free and reduced-price lunch plans, and they represent an invisible student population. These students make up about ...

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