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Fundraising Totals Spell Trouble for Democratic Incumbent in Key Assembly Race

January 17, 2024 11:37 amJanuary 17, 2024 6:11 pm

Democratic Assemblywoman Shea Backus has raised only $68,103 for her reelection campaign in Assembly District 37 (AD-37). In comparison, GOP challenger David Brog has more than doubled Backus’s anemic haul, raising an impressive $151,713. Brog told The Globe, “I’m glad we’re off to such a strong start. But we’ve only...

Judge Rules Clark County Teachers Union Coordinated A Sickout Strike

September 13, 2023 4:06 pmSeptember 20, 2023 8:51 am

Today, Judge Crystal Eller ruled in favor of the Clark County School District (CCSD) who sought an injunction against the Clark County Education Association’s (CCEA) role in coordinating a sickout strike which disrupted school and district operations affecting nearly a dozen schools throughout the Las Vegas valley this past week....

Sickout Strike Plagues Clark County Schools, CCSD Files Second Injunction

September 12, 2023 9:54 amSeptember 13, 2023 3:56 pm

A wave of school closures have plagued the Clark County School District (CCSD) since the beginning of the school year directly caused by the targeted and coordinated “sickouts” unionized teachers have employed during their battle with the district over compensation and benefits. Although it is only Tuesday, nearly a dozen...

STUDY: Nevada Ranks Number One For Teacher Shortages

August 15, 2023 4:31 pm

As kids head back to school this fall, many school districts are facing a nationwide teacher shortage due to factors including low pay and bad working conditions. In a study done by Scholaroo, which looked at the latest available data in the U..S, found that Nevada ranks the worst in...

Less Than 20% of Graduating CCSD Students Are Proficient In Math

June 21, 2023 1:05 pmJuly 3, 2023 9:43 am

The Clark County Education Association is, once again, calling for Superintendent Jesus Jara to resign after the Clark County School District (CCSD) published their Quarterly Municipality Report which outlines disturbing figures in relation to student achievement, graduation rates and truancy. https://twitter.com/cceanv/status/1671560443150884865?s=20 According to the report, 81.3 percent students in the...

NV Dem Chairwoman: ‘I Wish I Could Legislate What Parents Do’

May 1, 2023 2:48 pmMay 8, 2023 1:39 pm

A scoop picked up by Washington Free Beacon reveals Nevada Democratic Chairwoman and State Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno (AD-1) regrets that she cannot ‘legislate what parents do’ during a Wednesday committee hearing on Assembly Bill 400, Governor Lombardo’s Education Achievement, Opportunity and Investment Act. The main components of AB400 are School Choice,...

CCEA Will Push Legislature For Additional $200 Million For Education Funding

December 19, 2022 4:42 pmDecember 28, 2022 9:22 am

A national report card on public school funding gives Nevada a failing grade, across all categories, ranking the state the worst in the nation. Nevada is the only state to get failing grades across the board. States were graded by the Education Law Center in three categories: funding level, funding...