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Teachers union says it is boycotting Harrah's Entertainment

One of the nation’s largest teachers unions is pulling its business from Harrah’s Entertainment in a show of solidarity with a sister dealers union in Atlantic City that is still without a contract.

BIGGER CLASSES IN SESSION

Staff reductions from state's financial woes affecting teacher-student ratios, officials say

After session, launching a charter school no easier

May 0, 2009 - Las Vegas Sun - Proposal to cut back on red tape failed in session, and other hurdles remain

New study shows California's deteriorating educational status

Once regarded as a national leader in higher education, California is quickly falling in the ranks as fewer young people graduate from high school and enroll in college, according to a report released Wednesday by the California Faculty Association.

$120 MILLION ESTIMATE: Clark County School budget plan advances


After a discussion called "emotionally repugnant" by Superintendent Walt Rulffes, Clark County School Board members voted 5-1 to accept economic assumptions requiring $120 million in budget cuts for the 2009-10 school year.

Schools, students plugging into hybrid repairs



When the world changes, those who teach about the world must change, too. That's why Paul Pate, the director of transportation programs at the College of Southern Nevada, needed to learn all he could about electric motors.

HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES: Tuition hike tallied

A 25 percent increase in tuition and fees for Nevada's college students would mean it is no longer cheaper to go to college here than in most other Western states.

CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: Parents decry cuts


The 600 people packed into Western High School's gym Tuesday night weren't there for a pep rally. They came to discuss the impact of $120 million in potential reductions on next year's Clark County School District budget.

School Board scraps sex education guide

Sex educators got a homework assignment Thursday from the Clark County School Board -- craft a new teachers' guide for discussing statutory rape with students to replace an already purchased guide that was rejected in a vote of 4-1.

CHINA'S YOUTH SCHOOLED FOR GOLD

There is a certain race for Olympic supremacy here that has become more foregone conclusion than Jamaican sprinters being faster than your next thought. China might not dive away from these Games owning the most medals, but the United States is going to need six or seven extra basketball teams and a few more in softball to be in the same neighborhood when it comes to the shiny gold ones.

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