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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...

Amid Increase in School Violence, Legislature Removes Age Barriers For Expulsion

March 16, 2023 1:12 pmMarch 22, 2023 1:29 pm

Last week in the Washoe County School District, a melee broke out behind Wooster High School resulting in two arrests, injuries, and a code yellow lockdown resulting in staggered release times. This week, the Washoe County School Board approved panic buttons for teachers and staff. According to a report by...

Bipartisan Legislation On The Nevada Horizon?

January 9, 2023 1:37 pmJanuary 17, 2023 8:37 am

As Governor Lombardo heads the executive branch of the Silver State, he is facing a Democratic majority in the Legislature who will convene on February 6th in Carson City. Currently, there are nearly 900 bills on the legislative docket. Not surprisingly, many of these bills have to do with education...

CCSD Parents, Student Sue District Over Sexually Explicit Assignment

December 20, 2022 3:17 pmDecember 29, 2022 2:59 pm

Back in May, The Globe snagged the first interview with Candra Evans, a mother whose public comments to the Clark County School board went viral. After being initially silenced by the CCSD Board of Trustees, the video of her exchange, posted by Libs of TikTok, went viral garnering over 2...

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...

Health Education? CCSD Considers Marketing Abortion Services To Children

October 20, 2022 12:37 pmOctober 31, 2022 9:58 am

An email received by The Globe revealed that the Sex Education Advisory Committee will be meeting on tonight, October 20th, to review and vote on the the addition of “health education” curriculum. Historically, 5th grade health has focused on the maturation process, specifically about puberty for boys and girls. But...

Clark County Education Association Refuses to Endorse Steve Sisolak

October 11, 2022 2:33 pmOctober 18, 2022 2:59 pm

After their staunch support of Governor Steve Sisolak in 2018, the Clark County Education Association refuses to endorse Governor Steve Sisolak for re-election. The CCEA is the largest teachers union in Nevada and represents over 18,000 licensed professionals within Clark County School District. https://twitter.com/cceanv/status/1579849548360339457?s=20&t=8Cw48bDCgj-fKQfpUHkdhw In a press release, CCEA wrote,...