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Current Education News
A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.
Recent grads help illuminate the many different ways to achieve success with current Rebels.
UNLV-led grant project creates a hub for faculty across the country to share resources, learn, and collaborate with each other.
The Adult Learner Summit provides students with resources to thrive in higher education.
A collection of news stories and highlights featuring UNLV students and faculty.
Even before the trauma of Dec. 6, students reported high levels of stress. Here’s why UNLV has expanded its resources to support mental wellness.
Education In The News
A fast-track program through UNLV is working to fill teacher vacancies in Nevada ahead of the next school year. It’s called the Paraprofessionals Pathways Project, and its open to school aids, bus drivers, and other teacher support staff. Since the program started around four years ago, it’s seen 160 graduates. All but six of those graduates have stayed in Nevada, which UNLV’s Communications, Outreach and Engagement Coordinator Kelsey Claus says isn’t required after graduation.
Long-term substitute turned fourth grade teacher Jeanette Sanjurjo said going back to school later in life as an adult with a full-time job and bills to pay isn’t usually easy. But she said UNLV’s Paraprofessional Pathways Project, which is tailored to paraprofessionals or school support professionals working in the Clark County School District (CCSD) or a Nevada charter school, helped her reach her goal of becoming a licensed teacher.
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Nevada ranks worst in the nation for both overall mental health and youth mental health. To make matters worse, the state has a shortage of health workers in those fields. UNLV hosted a mental health forum Friday to highlight three university-led efforts to improve mental health and the health worker shortage in Nevada.
Nevada ranks worst in the nation for both overall mental health and youth mental health. To make matters worse, the state has a shortage of health workers in those fields. UNLV hosted a mental health forum Friday to highlight three university-led efforts to improve mental health and the health worker shortage in Nevada.
During a stop in Las Vegas, the U.S. Education Secretary told 8 News Now there is a lack of respect for teachers in schools, and violence from the community is bleeding into Clark County schools.
