The Clark County School District’s incoming superintendent, Jesus Jara, will receive a $320,000 annual salary and up to $10,000 to defray moving costs.Those are some of the terms laid out in a three-year employment agreement approved Thursday by a divided School Board of Trustees, solidifying Jara’s hire with the nation’s fifth-largest district.

Stacey Dallas Johnston always has considered herself an ambassador for education. Now, she's taking on a new state role right up that alley — she's the first teacher leader in residence.

The Clark County School Board of Trustees reversed a controversial decision Thursday night and narrowly approved renewing the district’s contract with the Teach For America program.

Teacher-turned-gubernatorial candidate Chris Giunchigliani drew on her classroom experience to craft a 14-page plan promising to overhaul the state’s public education system by improving funding, increasing teacher pay and reducing what she called unnecessary testing.

The fate of the Teach For America program in Southern Nevada is in limbo. Two weeks ago, the Clark County School Board of Trustees voted 4-3 against renewing the district’s TFA contract. They'll reconsider that decision Thursday.

Clark County School District officials are estimating a $68 million deficit for the upcoming academic year tied to arbitration awards and have asked schools to adjust their budgets accordingly.

Gov. Brian Sandoval issued an executive order in March creating the School Safety Task Force, roughly a month after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, rattled the nation and triggered a student-led movement to stop the carnage.

A longtime Florida educator who learned English in a public school could become the Clark County School District’s next superintendent. A fractured School Board of Trustees voted 4-2, with one abstention, Wednesday to appoint Jesus Jara as the new leader of the nation’s fifth-largest school district.

Their pitches have been made. Now a decision awaits.The Clark County School Board of Trustees interviewed the six people hoping to be the district’s next superintendent on Friday. The finalist pool includes three external candidates and three people with current or past ties to the district.

The Clark County School Board of Trustees wants the state to unleash marijuana and room tax money originally destined for education — a move that could solve the district’s dilemma about how to fund teacher pay increases.

An ongoing spat between the statewide teachers’ union and its Clark County affiliate over money and operational strategy has ended in a severed relationship — and the birth of a new labor organization.

The suit-clad visitor stood by the Orr Middle School garden when the bell sounded, transforming the peaceful sidewalk into a sea of teenagers. Students’ chatter and laughter filled the air as they trudged toward their second class of the day. Some grabbed breakfast items along the way, and most completely ignored the man beside their principal who was watching the hustle and bustle unfold.

A group of professors, educators and nonprofit representatives recently met in Las Vegas to plan how parents, students and community members can work together to lower the dropout rate among Latinos and encourage them to graduate.

The Clark County School Board of Trustees granted three current or former district employees an interview for the superintendent job, bringing the finalist pool to six candidates.

Southern Nevada students still have six more weeks before summer, but the Clark County School District is already reminding parents to enroll their children for next year.

Stagnant philanthropic giving and a university presidential search will likely delay construction of UNLV’s medical school, which is still tens of millions of dollars below targeted fundraising goals.

The pool of finalists for the Clark County School District’s top job is about to get bigger. The School Board of Trustees unanimously agreed Wednesday night to revise the search timeline and give internal candidates a shot at the superintendent position.

The Clark County School District is pushing back against an arbitration decision released last week that favored the local teachers’ union and set the stage for employee raises.