Education

The Lincy Institute believes education is one of the most important investments a community can make. Not only does it provide our children and youth with access to knowledge, skills, and opportunity; education serves as a key driver for Southern Nevada’s economy and quality of life.

Our primary aim is to leverage Southern Nevada’s education assets and resources in ways that support high quality educational opportunities from cradle-to-college and career. This includes bridging education research to policy and practice in the following areas:

Early childhood education;
Parent and family engagement;
Community-based education reform;
Targeted K-12 investments; and
College readiness and completion

By working in direct collaboration with non-profit and research organizations, community-based coalitions, student and parent groups, college and university faculty, and Clark County School District officials and staff, The Lincy Institute seeks to improve Southern Nevada’s educational opportunities, access, outcomes and federal resources.

Current Projects

Las Vegas Promise Neighborhood Initiative

The Las Vegas Promise Neighborhood (LVPN) Initiative is a community-led effort to provide a cradle-to-college and career continuum of solutions that ensures every child residing and attending school within the Las Vegas Promise Neighborhood (historic West Las Vegas) is ready for school and ready for life.

In September 2011, The Lincy Institute at UNLV served as the lead agency of a collaborative of 19 community partners that applied for a U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhoods grant. Although the grant was not awarded, members of the collaborative agreed it was important to continue the initiative, and after a year of planning meetings, developed a community Request for Proposal (RFP) process to select a lead agency for the next funding cycle.

Coalesce Clark County

Coalesce Clark County is an emergent community-based coalition of education organizers, advocates, and activists dedicated to improving education in Southern Nevada by supporting public schools and institutions. Coalesce Clark County believes public schools, colleges, and universities are community institutions and seeks to advance educational equity and social justice in education for Southern Nevada’s diversifying student populations.

Research Study — English Language Learners in Clark County, Nevada: An Analysis of Enrollment, Educational Opportunities, and Outcomes

This research study is a three-way partnership among The Lincy Institute, Clark County School District (CCSD), and Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) at Brown University. The purpose of this study is to provide the public with an easy-to understand review of the status of K–12 public education in CCSD, with a focus on English language learners (ELL). Since CCSD represents 71 percent of Nevada’s students, 82 percent of its ELL students, and has the second largest percentage of ELL students in the country, a comprehensive review of the district’s enrollment and outcomes for ELL students will support CCSD in its objective to increase both ELL achievement and student achievement overall.

Nevada's English Language Learner Population: A Review of Enrollment, Outcomes, and Opportunities
- Selected Findings and Recommendations
- Full Report
Clark County School District's English Language Learners - An Analysis of Enrollment, Educational Opportunities, and Outcomes in Nevada and CCSD
- Full Report