Superintendent Joe Ernst said he’s optimistic about the direction the Washoe County School District is headed, even as it confronts budget challenges, lower student enrollment and greater school accountability. 

Across the past three school years, third graders are doing better every year in reading proficiency. But less than half of the more than 35,000 Nevada third graders read at grade level.

The five-person IDEA council is responsible for keeping the system’s diversity statistics as well as promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives among students, staff and faculty. Since its inception, the council has held system-wide anti-discrimination training and drafted the system’s Juneteenth resolution.

Washoe County schools Superintendent Joe Ernst said he wants to “eradicate the idea that the education system is failing.”

Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown.

More than 18,000 children younger than 5 will no longer receive a free book every month, after the state legislature failed to renew the program's funding.

After being left out of a 2023 bill that helped raise educator pay across Nevada school districts, charter schools leaders say new funds approved by lawmakers this year will help them catch up. 

The "return on investment" students get from NV's higher ed institutions is lower than the nationwide average, a potential cause for concern for college recruitment.

In this week's Indy Education, learn about Nevada's next top education official.

Many students at UNLV, even if they didn’t personally participate in DEI programs, acknowledged that they provide important resources to the campus community. Several of the students interviewed by The Nevada Independent questioned whether the university’s changes were actually tangible.

In this week’s Indy Gaming, downtown Reno will have new non-gaming attractions and UNR student housing. Also, Spirit Airlines is furloughing hundreds.

Although the First Amendment offers broad free speech protections, a local attorney said courts have become increasingly tolerant of school policies that restrict speech they deem disruptive.

In this week's Indy Education, a recap of our IndyTalks discussion with Clark County schools Superintendent Jhone Ebert on pandemic school closures, K-12 education funding and community trust.

The board that oversees high school sports added the requirement as the Trump administration has pushed for keeping transgender athletes out of girls’ sports.

Nevada State is one of several Nevada colleges to change, rebrand or shutter their diversity programs amid increasing federal scrutiny of DEI programs, which have become a target under the administration of President Donald Trump, who called them “absolute nonsense.”

As national political tensions creep into the Clark County School District, Superintendent Jhone Ebert said she’s staying “laser focused” on educating children. 

Nevada’s higher education agency wants to "clarify" the rules of the faculty collective bargaining process. Why are faculty so confused?

Hundreds of school statewide have increased their “star rating,” which measures how well a school is meeting the state’s performance standards.

Last month, the College of Southern Nevada ended its TRIO program after the Trump administration canceled its Student Support Service grant, which had provided $300,000 in funding for 200 students and three staff members.

International students' representation remains strong at UNR and UNLV, as colleges nationwide worry about declining international enrollment