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- With negotiations underway, district finds its superintendent salary is competitive
- Friday, June 14, 2013
- As contract negotiations continue with new Clark County Schools Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, district officials learned the salary for their top administrator is in line with those of its peer districts. Pat Skorkowsky was appointed to a four-year term earlier this month. His predecessor, Dwight Jones, who abruptly resigned in March for personal reasons, was paid a base salary of $270,000 per year.
- New regulations for evaluating Nevada teachers win approval
- Friday, June 14, 2013
- The Nevada Board of Education unanimously adopted legislative changes to a new teacher evaluation system rolling out this fall. In 2011, state lawmakers mandated a four-tiered rating system that grades teachers as being "highly effective," "effective," "minimally effective" or "ineffective" based on student test scores and how well teachers model good teaching practices.
- Think tank's campaign again puts it on collision course with teachers union
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- The Nevada Policy Research Institute is launching another campaign to encourage teachers to drop their union memberships.
- 'I am a reformer': New schools chief Skorkowsky shares plans for district's future
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- Pat Skorkowsky has big plans to move the Clark County School District forward. The new superintendent sat down with the Sun's editorial board on Tuesday to share his vision for the nation's fifth largest school district.
- Las Vegas High senior ends K-12 years on perfect notes
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- When Natasha Greene was in elementary school, she set herself a lofty goal: Make it to graduation without missing a single day of school. Friday, the 18-year-old senior did just that, graduating from Las Vegas High School with a perfect attendance record from kindergarten through 12th grade. That means for the past 13 years — or 2,340 school days — Greene has never missed a day of school. Not a single one. Not only that, Greene finished her schooling with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
- Nevada’s high school graduation rate third lowest in nation
- Tuesday, June 11, 2013
- Despite making some gains, Nevada has the third worst graduation rate in the nation, according to an Education Week report released last week. In fact, the Clark County School District was still named the nation's third biggest "dropout epicenter," behind New York City Public Schools and Los Angeles Unified School District. Education Week projects 9,552 nongraduates in Clark County's class of 2013, up from 5,754 nongraduates last year.
- Policy prevents UNLV student paper from accepting ad criticizing congressman
- Saturday, June 8, 2013
- UNLV's student newspaper this week rejected a left-leaning political advertisement against Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., citing a university policy for student-funded publications to refuse political and religious advertisements.
- Stars not in alignment as state unveils its school-ranking system
- Friday, June 7, 2013
- More than 100 Clark County public schools' ratings were downgraded under Nevada's new school accountability system unveiled Friday morning. The downgraded schools included 20 "top-performing" campuses stripped of their five-star rankings and demoted to a middling three stars.
- UNLV president's contract renewed, base pay restored to prerececession level
- Thursday, June 6, 2013
- Nevada's higher education leaders on Thursday unanimously renewed UNLV President Neal Smatresk's contract for another four years. Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich recommended Smatresk remain at the helm of UNLV after an outside consultant found wide community support for the popular university president. Smatresk's total annual compensation will be $447,424.
- Regents to provide $2.6 million 'bridge' for Northern Nevada colleges facing cuts under state's new funding formula
- Thursday, June 6, 2013
- Nevada's higher education leaders unanimously approved $2.6 million in "mitigation" funding to help Northern Nevada community colleges transition to a new funding formula. Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget, approved by the Nevada Legislature just a few days ago, includes a new funding formula for Nevada's seven colleges and universities.
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