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Students cheered as high school English teacher Laura Jeanne Penrod was named “Nevada Teacher of the Year” during a surprise ceremony Tuesday.

The Carson City School District is pleased to announce Carson High School’s Lieutenant Commander Daniel Meyer, Retired, Senior Naval Science Instructor, was honored Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, as one of the three statewide finalists for the Nevada State Teacher of the Year, recognized by the Nevada Department of Education.

State and Clark County education leaders were at a ceremony Tuesday to surprise an educator with the 2024 Nevada Teacher of the Year award.

Nevadas Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jhone Ebert, visited Carson High School on Wednesday and presented Nick Jacques with the Milken Educator Award obelisk.

A surprise ceremony was held Tuesday to recognize the teacher.

In a news release Friday, the Nevada Department of Education said it’s “committed to transparency and dedicated to improving student outcomes across the state.”

CARSON CITY — Two Nevada students were among 161 high school seniors announced by the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona as the 57th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars.

Four years ago, 120 schools in Nevada received a five-star rating for performance, the highest that could be given. Last school year, that number dropped to 85 schools, according to the Nevada Report Card from the Nevada Department of Education.

CARSON CITY — Nevada high school science students showed a 5.09 percent improvement this year over 2017-18 results. Science performance in elementary schools increased over the prior year while middle school performance decreased, according to a highlight summary released Wednesday by the Nevada Department of Education.

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