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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,...

Sisolak Signs Emergency Regulation To Address Teacher Shortages

August 30, 2022 11:56 am

As reported by KLAS: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed an emergency regulation related to teacher licenses to help address a severe workforce shortage in the state. The regulation will reduce the cost of a substitute teaching license from $180 for initial licenses and $150 for renewal licenses to $100 for...

Thousands Of Teaching Jobs Remain Unfilled in Nevada

August 8, 2022 2:04 pmAugust 12, 2022 9:17 am

As reported by The Washington Examiner, 3,000 teaching jobs remain unfilled across Nevada’s 17 school districts as many schools return to the classroom today. According to the report: “We don’t have teachers for the classrooms, and I’m worried about lunch workers who aren’t going to be there to serve our...

Opinion: Let Parents Vote Directly On Education Reform

June 14, 2022 8:02 am

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing while expecting different results, then our approach to education in Nevada is certifiable. One thing nearly every Nevadan agrees on is the dismal state of our current education system. Specifically, the Clark County School District (CCSD), which is the 5th...