March, 1998 issue
Holding Your Right to Work for Ransom
For young people in Las Vegas or Reno attracted to careers in cosmetology, the barriers erected by the State of Nevada are pretty steep. Under rules set up by the...
The unhappiness of CCSD teachers, Part 4
Researchers are aware — although they rarely acknowledge it — that certain factors operate behind the scenes to make the public-school model often a negative for both teachers as well...
The unhappiness of CCSD teachers, Part 3
ithin American public-school teaching generally, the weakening of teacher morale has long been a recognized phenomenon — although not to the degree evident in CCSD’s tops-in-the-nation numbers. [Index to Parts...
The unhappiness of CCSD teachers, Part 2
The significance of teacher absenteeism, many researchers have shown, has to do with its damage to student learning and achievement. Three studies cited by a 2007 National Bureau of Economic...
The unhappiness of CCSD teachers, Part 1
Are teachers in Nevada’s traditional public schools the least happy teachers in America? A graphic published online in June 2016 by Education Week — portraying the chronic absenteeism, by state,...
Index: The Unhappiness of CCSD Teachers
February 27, 2019adminPart 1: Evidence suggests teachers in Nevada’s traditional public schools may be the least happy teachers in America Part 2: Heavy teacher absenteeism directly reduces student learning, while...
State lawmakers ignore constitution to again pick Nevadans’ pockets
Democrats in the 2019 Legislature once again passed an unconstitutional fee increase on Nevada motorists. SB542 extends the $1 fee that is tacked on to all DMV transactions to fund...
Why CCSD, year in and year out, can’t manage its money
If the Clark County School District has a “structural” problem, as Gov. Steve Sisolak and CCSD Supt. Jesus Jara have asserted, where, specifically, would that problem lie? Sisolak said last...
How Jefferson’s ideal of personal learning was sacrificed to political interest groups
New research indicates that genuine learning — as opposed to mere completion of school classes or graduation percentiles — will soon be the make-or-break factor in states’ competition for the...