In The News: College of Education

KSNV-TV: News 3

The Las Vegas Aces have traded fan favorite Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks as part of a three-team deal that also involves the Seattle Storm.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Homework and extracurricular activities can be a balance for teachers and students in order to be productive, but how much is too much? Experts shared with 8 News Now how the wrong kind or amount of homework can backfire on teachers and students.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

When kids get home from school, a lot of parents help them with homework. It can be a grind, especially with all their extracurricular activities.

Las Vegas Sun

A national teachers union leader came to UNLV this week to learn more about how the university is answering the call to get more educators in classrooms through less-traditional routes.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, will visit the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Tuesday, January 7. She plans to observe the Nevada Forward program, a teacher apprenticeship initiative that serves as a national model for addressing the teacher shortage and diversifying the educator workforce.

Las Vegas Review Journal

If Lake Elementary School had looked only at the student’s math assessment in English, teachers would have worried about him. But when he took the same exam in Spanish, Principal Paola Elena Zepher said, he “blew it out of the water.”

Las Vegas Weekly

It’s been more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that struck down affirmative action in colleges and universities, and the consequences of that ruling have finally reached the surface.

Las Vegas Weekly

It’s been more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that struck down affirmative action in colleges and universities, and the consequences of that ruling have finally reached the surface.

Las Vegas Sun

Southern Nevada’s senior citizen population is expected to explode by 45% from 2020 to 2030, bringing with it additional strains on an already-struggling health care infrastructure, a UNLV report shows.

Nevada Current

Boosting Nevada’s beleaguered child care and elder care industries makes economic sense for the state, a trio of reports argues, and recommendations on how to do just that have already been laid out for policymakers to consider.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

A Las Vegas mom and other parents are working on bringing families interested in homeschooling their kids all under one roof. For the first time in years, the Nevada Homeschool Convention is coming to town.

Las Vegas Review Journal

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the United States Department of Education. What would such a change mean for Nevada public schools?