Education Reform
Parents know their children better than any politician or school district ever could. That’s why Nevada Policy fights to empower parents with the freedom to choose the educational options that best suits their children’s unique needs.
Since 1991, Nevada Policy has fought for the right of every student in Nevada to have access to a quality education that helps prepare them for a fulfilling future. We believe such a basic right is the foundation for a truly prosperous and free Nevada.
Featured Articles
Splitting Up CCSD Won't Address District's Problems
There is no doubt that a lack of accountability plagues large school districts. That includes the Clark County School District, which has around 300,000 students. But if voters approve the…
ACT Scores: Nevada is the Worst of the Worst
Nevada’s American College Test scores are the worst in the nation. Nevada students not only earned the lowest ACT composite score (17.3) among U.S. states in 2022, a drop of…
Merit Pay for Teachers Benefits Educators, Students
It is long past time for Nevada, beset by an acute shortage of teachers, to embrace merit pay as a means to retain and reward its best educators. Teachers are…
Recent News
Nevada Sees Education-Spending Boom this Century
Spending in Nevada’s K-12 schools has grown much faster than enrollment over the past two decades, despite the relentless drumbeat from teachers unions that education is underfunded. This is just…
Clark County Teachers Union in Clear Violation of State Law
Last month, four schools managed by the Clark County School District were forced to close without providing any notice to families whose children attend those schools. Parents were forced…
Opportunity Scholarship Foes Hurt Students and State
In August, legislative Democrats turned down Gov. Joe Lombardo’s proposal to fund Nevada’s Opportunity Scholarship program reasonably from surplus funds available, and they left the funding at a minimum level. But…
Nevada's Scholarship Lifeline: Temporary Relief, Long-Term Uncertainty
Following the Interim Finance Committee’s party-line rejection of Gov. Lombardo’s emergency request, the administration came to a rescue. It announced last week that the AAA Scholarship Foundation would…