The modern American school system began in 1837 with the creation of the first state Board of Education in Massachusetts. Nearly 200 years later, the closure of schools nationwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a seismic jolt to that system, as school districts and college campuses across the country scramble to move classrooms online—and try to replace what’s being missed.

On April 28, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada sent a letter to Gov. Steve Sisolak declaring that the state has been failing to provide an equal education to all students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most children begin the reading journey with their parents reading them bedtime stories. For a lot of children a crucial bonding moment occurs when the child is introduced to the page turn and the excitement of stories.

Sophie Ladd used a book about love and loss to help her undergraduate UNLV students open up about their feelings after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting. She read “The Heart and The Bottle,” by Oliver Jeffers.

The middle schoolers bustled into the classroom at 8:30 a.m.

Students inside Somerset Academy in North Las Vegas sat inside the classroom on a hot Thursday morning.

The Clark County School District may start the year with hundreds of teacher vacancies but UNLV is aiming to fill some of those spots with its fast track teacher certification program.

National Center for Institutional Diversity | During the 2013–2014 school year, I conducted a qualitative research study in a transfer high school in New York City.