Topic: education

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Business and Community | May 15, 2015

Clark County School District is ground zero for the issues rumbling in schools across the country. Here's how UNLV is linking research and outreach programs to help find solutions.

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Campus News | January 21, 2015

UNLV removing some of the stumbling blocks for getting students interested in the science and engineering fields. The key: Get 'em while they're young.

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People | October 5, 2012

The educational psychologist on keeping kids with behavioral disorders out of the special education classroom, her proudest moment, and the inspiration of Olympian Gabby Douglas.

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People | September 13, 2012

Alumnus brings his expertise in exercise physiology back as a professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences. The avid runner talks about exercise, your immune system, and his own bad eating habits.

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People | September 7, 2012

The education professor on making and solving life's problems with math, teaching in Las Vegas, and his poetic inspiration.

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Research | August 1, 2012

Does the thought of an algebra test strike fear in you? Psychologist Mark Ashcraft is getting to the root cause of math anxiety.

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Business and Community | June 15, 2012

Elementary teachers head to summer school to bone up on science.

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Business and Community | June 12, 2012

Project VISIONS partners UNLV, CCSD to boost student success in science by improving teacher content knowledge and confidence