Gov. Steve Sisolak has appointed Jhone Ebert, a senior deputy commissioner with the New York State Education Department and former Clark County School District administrator, as his new superintendent of public instruction.

Lawmakers are crafting legislation that would set a roadmap for untangling the existing funding formula and implementing a more transparent method. The effort has been years in the making. At its core is what many describe as a complicated and archaic mechanism for doling out the state’s education dollars that goes back a half-century.

DRI, which marks its 60th anniversary this year, focuses on studying environmental science from evaluating snowpack to tracking climate patterns. Although graduate students sometimes work with DRI, the research institute does not currently offer Ph.D. degrees. That’s one thing Averyt said she is open to changing.

Covering all students who would be eligible for the award under the 12-credit paradigm would cost an estimated $16 million to $29 million every two years, according to calculations from the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). The high estimate is nearly triple the $10 million the state currently spends on the program every two years.

At a Henderson middle school, mistakes are not only acceptable — they’re welcomed. The mindset may shock the system of over-achievers who can’t fathom the thought of a less-than-stellar athletic performance, imperfect musical routine or any grade less than an “A.”

Washoe County School District Superintendent Traci Davis is not backing down. Davis has faced criticism over the use of digital days. She has also faced questions about transparency and the culture of the district. But Davis argued tells another story.

The three finalists for Nevada’s top education job — as decided Tuesday by the State Board of Education and forwarded to Gov. Steve Sisolak — have classroom experience and strong ties to the Silver State.

Longtime gaming executive Gamal Aziz was one of two Nevadans indicted Tuesday in a far-reaching college admissions and bribery scandal. Aziz – who was listed in the complaint by his given name Gamal Adbelaziz – was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud as part of the dozens of indictments.

Thirty-three people have applied to become Nevada’s next superintendent of public instruction, including many names already familiar in the state.

A poll commissioned by a group supportive of Education Savings Accounts found that nearly three-quarters of Nevadans favor the program, which would route some public education money toward private school tuition or other qualifying educational expenses, but has stalled amid Democratic concerns that it diverts scarce funding from public schools.

A driving safety class, which was conducted in Spanish, lasted five hours and was attended by about 190 people at Bonanza High School, was organized by the Clark County School District Police Department (CCSDPD) Vulnerable Road Users, Nevada Driving School and Zero Fatalities.

The Nevada Board of Regents announced the approval of a partnership Friday between the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) and its counterpart in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

A wide-ranging strategic plan aimed at lifting student achievement gained approval Thursday night by the Clark County School Board of Trustees.

The Nevada Board of Regents has approved a policy aimed at helping students more easily calculate the cost of a college degree before pursuing it.

In a state with university graduation rates 11 percentage points behind the national average — and community college graduation rates 9 percentage points behind — Nevada administrators have been coming to terms with the fact that some of the ways they’re doing things now don’t support their goals of persisting from one semester to the next and graduating.

Lawmakers discussed that steep price as they considered SB145, a bill to create the Battle Born Opportunity Grant. The program would fill a gap in the state’s financial aid offerings, which currently include the merit-based Millennium Scholarship and two need-based programs geared primarily toward community college students.

The report, which is up for discussion in the Senate Education Committee on Friday, came about after lawmakers requested it through SB303 in the 2017 session. The bill’s sponsor, Democratic Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, said the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act began an era of testing that has gotten out of hand.

As the drumbeat for more education money continues, schools across Nevada did something unlikely last year — they returned more than $147,000 worth of targeted funds to the state. Nevada Department of Education officials discussed the returned funds during a legislative committee hearing Tuesday about K-12 budgets.