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Poll: Democrats Lose Double-Digit Lead on Education In Battleground States

August 2, 2023 1:58 pmAugust 8, 2023 2:51 pm

New polling shows Nevada parents are rejecting Democrats on the issue of education amid serious concerns about learning loss during COVID, Nevada’s failing public education system, and as hundreds of low-income students face losing their opportunity scholarships. The poll of 1,200 voters conducted across four battleground states conducted by Emerson...

Gov Lombardo Proposes Funding To Rescue Opportunity Scholarship Program

July 31, 2023 11:19 amAugust 5, 2023 3:42 pm

On Friday, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo proposed utilizing unallocated federal COVID relief funds to prevent hundreds of low-income school children from losing their opportunity scholarships. In a memorandum submitted by The Governor’s Finance Office, the office is requesting $3.2 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to fund the Opportunity Scholarship...

WCSD Passes Gender Inclusive Sex-Ed For 4th and 5th Graders

July 27, 2023 4:16 pmAugust 4, 2023 9:08 am

The Washoe County School Board, in a 5-2 vote, passed a controversial sex-ed curriculum (S.H.A.R.E) for 4th and 5th students which teaches, in part, that “bodies with vulvas typically reach puberty before bodies with penises.” The curriculum rarely mentions female and male and teaches 9-11 year olds that “Our gender...

Assm La Rue Hatch Plays Partisan Politics With Opportunity Scholarships

July 26, 2023 4:50 pmJuly 27, 2023 1:35 pm

In an October 30, 2022 interview on Nevada Newsmakers, Washoe County teacher and freshman Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch (AD-25) refers to Opportunity Scholarships as a “small sliver” of public schools, thereby minimizing the thousands of low-income students who have benefited from the program and the hundreds who are now...

600 Low-Income Students At Risk Of Losing Opportunity Scholarships

July 24, 2023 4:52 pmJuly 25, 2023 1:51 pm

The battle over opportunity scholarships and school choice was well-chronicled throughout the 82nd legislative session as Republican Governor Joe Lombardo and Democratic leadership could not reach a compromise on Opportunity Scholarships. Legislative Democrats blocked efforts to provide any additional money to fund the ~$6.7 million program. During the legislative session,...

WCSD Introduces 4th, 5th Graders to ‘Bodies with Vulvas and Penises’

July 20, 2023 5:30 pmJuly 28, 2023 2:56 pm

The Washoe County School District’s (WCSD) sex-ed curriculum (S.H.A.R.E) for 4th and 5th graders (9-11 years old) teaches, in part, that “bodies with vulvas typically reach puberty before bodies with penises.” The curriculum rarely mentions female and male. This new curriculum is not an adopted state standard, but could be...

Douglas County School Board Fires Legal Counsel, Hires Joey Gilbert

July 20, 2023 11:58 amJuly 27, 2023 3:01 pm

*This article has been updated with Attorney Joey Gilbert’s comment to The Globe After 6 1/2 hour meeting yesterday morning, dominated by public comment, the Douglas County School Board voted 4-2 to hire former GOP candidate for Governor, Attorney Joey Gilbert as their new counsel, replacing Maupin, Cox & Legoy...