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.

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

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. 

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

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.

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

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

While the pandemic had an outsized affect on student achievement, experts said falling scores are part of a longer arc in education that cannot be attributed solely to COVID-19, school closures and related issues, such as heightened absenteeism.

Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill that would have blocked ICE activity at schools, although Clark County’s superintendent says she has assurances that such activity will stay off campus.

In this edition of the Indy Education newsletter, Clark County School District Superintendent Jhone Ebert on gearing up for the 2027 legislative session.

In one of the steepest setbacks in the country, Clark County girls lost nearly a grade level, while boys fell at half that rate. Schools are trying to make up ground.

Teacher vacancies have improved statewide two years after a major K-12 education investment from the state Legislature.

Nevada is one of 17 states and the District of Columbia starting this school year with new restrictions, bringing the total to 35 states with laws or rules limiting phones and other electronic devices in school.

The Clark County School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a new, $214 million two-year contract with the Clark County Education Association (CCEA). Here's what it entails.

After more than two months of summer break, students in the country’s fifth largest school district braved triple-digit temperatures and returned to school on Monday. 

In this week's Indy Education, we explore the link between students' mental health and chronic absenteeism.