In The News: College of Education

Three students were arrested Wednesday in three separate assaults on teachers and staff at Las Vegas Valley schools, the latest in a growing trend of violence throughout the Clark County School District that some experts and community leaders say is the culmination of a lack of comprehensive resources for children that has been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Between pay gaps, the pandemic, growing class sizes and legislative directives, “the pressure on teachers right now is so formidable,” one expert said
There is no question the NCAA women's tournament has grown over the past 40 years, but in many ways, the progress “has stagnated, compared with how the men's has soared,” according to Megan Ryan of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE.
The event coming to Target Center this week has evolved since the first women's Final Four in 1982, but the biggest change has been in media coverage.

Thousands of teachers and other school workers in Sacramento walked off the job Wednesday as the California capital became the second big United States school district this month to see a work stoppage over pay and staffing shortages as a teachers strike in Minneapolis entered its third week.
Between pay gaps, the pandemic, growing class sizes and legislative directives, “the pressure on teachers right now is so formidable,” one expert said.
Between pay gaps, the pandemic, growing class sizes and legislative directives, “the pressure on teachers right now is so formidable,” one expert said.

While there are more jobs available, employers are finding it tough to get enough employees. We look at what employers are doing to hire and retain employees.

From teacher shortages to lack of resources, the Clark County School District’s struggles are nothing new.

The effort to fill teaching positions in our Clark County public schools continues.

Twenty years ago, Lushawn Threats started an elementary education program at the College of Southern Nevada — the first step in the Cheyenne High School graduate’s lifelong dream of becoming a teacher.

Twenty years ago, Lushawn Threats started an elementary education program at the College of Southern Nevada — the first step in the Cheyenne High School graduate’s lifelong dream of becoming a teacher.