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Renee Fairless, principal of Mater Academy East Las Vegas, chats with students in the hallway on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent).

How a legislative budget fight created a tug-of-war over Nevada charter schools

Hours before the Legislature was set to adjourn sine die, Democratic leaders thought they had a deal. But it got derailed by a push to include charter schools in a bill to fund pay raises for school district educators.

Renee Fairless, principal of Mater Academy East Las Vegas, chats with students in the hallway on Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent).

If schools build summer learning programs, will the students come?

While summer school may be a dreaded term among many children, it has undergone something of a renaissance this year. Buoyed by fears of pandemic-caused learning deficits and an influx of federal money, school districts across the nation and Nevada are standing up summer learning programs.

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