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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. â On Friday, July 9, the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) published its State Plan for use of the Stateâs share of $1.07 billion in funding through the American Rescue Plan Actâs...
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 district's youngest students who would typically fall in grades fourth and below. In its statement Sunday night, the district said the decision that students 9 and younger did not have to wear masks inside or outside came from the N...
© 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 of the Year from Nevada, the council said in the announcement. ADVERTISEMENT Urtubey “exemplifies...
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. “This work is difficult, but it couldn't it be more important than at this moment where we are currentl...