We know that teenagers who experience foster care face adverse experiences across multiple domains, such as housing, juvenile incarceration and in schooling. Throughout history, we can see that they are more likely to experience adverse outcomes indicative of economic hardship: adult poverty, homelessness, unemployment and underemployment, and low rates of educational attainment. To combat these outcomes, many seek higher education.

When Paradise Valley Unified School District reopened in-person learning in the fall of 2020, Jessica Pioquinto initially planned to send her two children back to in-person classes. But then she felt the pull of reasons to keep them in remote learning. She was still recovering from a car accident, her children were concerned about bullying, and she was a stay-at-home parent with time to help with their schoolwork.

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down college affirmative action programs on Thursday is raising concern about the impact on Southern Nevada students seeking to attend elite universities out of the state.

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down college affirmative action programs on Thursday is raising concern about the impact on Southern Nevada students seeking to attend elite universities out of the state.

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday against the use of affirmative action at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC), declaring that an applicant’s race cannot be considered as an admissions factor. The decision, undoing 45 years’ worth of precedent at the high court, will have wide-ranging impacts across higher education.

New research by UNLV reaffirmed what sports fans have been saying about Las Vegas: It’s the place to be.

New research by UNLV reaffirmed what sports fans have been saying about Las Vegas: It’s the place to be.

Dr. Megan Rauch Griffard from UNLV’s Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education’s project Dissecting the Educator Talent Pipeline and Educators’ ROI in Nevada will focus on whether CTE certificates in education concentrations lead to eventual employment in education, seek to understand how long NSHE education majors take to earn their desired degree by educational attainment level, and how the wages of educators compare to other workers with comparable education and experience in Nevada by educational attainment level.

The Clark County School District (CCSD) reassigned 60 support professionals during a “surplus” meeting last week.

The Clark County School District reassigned 60 support professionals during a “surplus” meeting last week.

In a market relying so heavily on the growth of sports, this initiative envisions itself as the center of sports sciences, business and innovation in Las Vegas. The UNLV Sports Innovation Initiative (SII), which calls itself, “The Hub of Innovation in the Global Sports Capital,” took time at a UFC-owned venue Wednesday to hammer home its mission.

There’s another legislative effort tied to teacher pay that’s advancing through statehouses this spring—eliminating payroll deduction services.