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The Nevada Department of Education on Wednesday announced that $4 million of federal American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds will go toward expanding access to STEM and robotics programs statewide.

The Nevada Department of Education Seeks Public Comment on State Plan for Federal Relief Funding Focused on Addressing the Impacts of Interrupted Learning and Ensuring Student and Educator Well-Being Public input is requested on plan for use of $107M in funding received through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act July 12, 2021 CARSON CITY, Nev. – On Friday, July 9, the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) published its State Plan for u...

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. A Washoe County School District decision late Sunday to end a mask mandate for children 9 and under came as a surprise to many, including thousands of district teachers and area pediatricians. In a call and email to parents Sunday night after 8 p.m., the district said it would no longer require masks for the districts youngest students who would typically fall in grades fourth and below.  In its statement Sunday night, the district said the...

© Screenshot/Telemundo Noticias A Colombian-born teacher is the first person of Hispanic descent to be named National Teacher of the Year in 16 years.  The Council of Chief State School Officers announced last week that Juliana Urtubey, a special education teacher at Kermit R. Booker Sr. Innovative Elementary School in Las Vegas, was chosen from a shortlist of state teachers. Urtubey is the first Latina National Teacher of the Year chosen since at least 2005 and the first National Teacher ...

Listen to the story here. The Senate Finance Committee approved SB439 late yesterday evening, just a day after lawmakers introduced the measure. It would officially implement the state’s new pupil-centered funding plan. It’s a mechanism lawmakers created in 2019 to shift K-12 funding from a traditional program and enrollment-based model toward one more focused on individual student needs. Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert hailed the plan as the future of K-12 in Nevada. “Th...

Nevada Special Education Teacher Named 2021 National Teacher of the Year USA - English Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today announced that Juliana Urtubey, an elementary school special education teacher, is the 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Urtubey, an educator for 11 years, teaches at Kermit R. Booker, Sr. Innovative Elementary School in Las Vegas, where she serves as a co-teacher in pre-kin...

5:22 Click here to listen to the interview with Nevadas Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert. Paul Boger: Before we start chatting about the legislature, could you give us a sense of how students are doing through the pandemic and through distance learning? Because it seems like some students in the state are doing really well and a lot are struggling. Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert. Credit Nevada Department of Education Jhone Ebert: We now have a system tha...

Sisolak, lawmakers unveil Nevada’s spending plan for American Rescue Plan funds April 3, 2021 Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. David Calvert / Nevada Independent via AP ( Robert Davis) – Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and state lawmakers on Thursday unveiled how they’ll spend the $2.9 billion it’s receiving under the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP). The “Every ...

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Report: Cost to make Nevada schools average in US tops $800M KEN RITTER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo students reach out with their arms to practice social distancing while walking to their next class at Mater Academy East Campus in Las Vegas. A new report commissioned by the Legislature finds Nevada public schools have too many students per classroom and too few teachers and support staff. The study released Friday, March 5, 2...