August, 1998 issue
100-day rule for ESAs stresses families out
Say you’re a family scrimping and sacrificing, in a still-tight Nevada economy, so your kids can escape some of the worst public schools in the country. If you suddenly learn...
Brian Sandoval, Man of the Hour?
Who’s the one man in Nevada with the authority to immediately resolve the problems besetting parents who want to set up Education Savings Accounts? It’s Gov. Brian Sandoval, who signed...
Language in Nevada state constitution reveals19th century anti-Catholic consensus, agenda
You might not expect it in this day and age, but Nevada’s Constitution still bears telling traces of a discriminatory 19th century doctrine the U.S. Supreme Court has characterized as...
The creed of the ‘common school’
Nevada’s state constitution speaks in several places of something called “the common schools.” While that term is regularly read today to mean secular tax-supported government schools, that wasn’t what the...
Husband and wife team hope to fix education for Vegas at-risk youth
The Andersons — DaJuane and Tamara — have a dream. Pursuing it, they both achieved doctorates in education. And to it they’ve dedicated their teaching careers. The dream is to...
Prominent Westside pastor prepares to announce support for Nevada’s ESAs
LAS VEGAS — At a school choice open-house scheduled for Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, Pastor Ron Thomas of the Reconciliation Apostolic Ministries will proudly announce his support for Nevada’s Education...
19th Century orphan-care fight still hobbles Nevada education
In 1881, when State Controller James F. Hallock refused to honor an invoice from the Nevada Orphans Asylum for services rendered the State of Nevada, he cited the newly added...
19th Century orphan-care fightstill hobbles Nevada education
When Nevada’s lawmakers met in the first state legislature following statehood, they already knew that the Virginia City orphanage established by the Catholic Sisters of Charity was serving a vital...
19th Century orphan-care fightstill hobbles Nevada education
They were only orphan children. But over 150 years later, they still cast a long shadow. Two 19th Century orphansThese were the children left behind in 19th-centuryVirginia City, Nevada, when...