To realize this dream, she went back to school, completing her bachelor's degree in just one year through UNLV's Paraprofessional Pathways Project. The program helps fast-track the transition to teaching, to help with the rampant turnover we're seeing in schools.

Nevada Gold Mines donated $100,000 to the Public Education Foundation (PEF) to support current paraprofessionals and guest teachers to become licensed educators through PEF's Teacher Pathway program. Teacher Pathway recruits, supports, and retains diverse, qualified individuals committed to a teaching career in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Clark County School District (CCSD).

Five autism charities will receive proceeds from the event, including Project FOCUS at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at UNLV, The Hope Fund - a division of International Hyperbarics Association, The Rich Center for Autism at Youngstown State University, National Autism Association of Southeast Ohio, and Autism Speaks.

Several women’s leagues and athletes have driven the conversation and attention to their sport in recent months. With more attention on major events — the Women’s March Madness title game this spring set a viewership record of more than 9 million people — industry watchers and advocates hope to attract larger stages and increased betting attention.

Several women’s leagues and athletes have driven the conversation and attention to their sport in recent months. With more attention on major events — the Women’s March Madness title game this spring set a viewership record of more than 9 million people — industry watchers and advocates hope to attract larger stages and increased betting attention.

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.