Education Reform
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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
Lawsuit against state education department needed to protect low-income students
The Institute for Justice just filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Department of Education, and that’s great news for the hundreds of students who are in danger of losing their…
Teacher strike threat highlights need for PERS reform
Clark County teachers are understandably upset over rising PERS costs, which have gone up nearly 45 percent since 2007 and now cost the average teacher over $17,000 a year.
How Jefferson’s ideal of personal learning was sacrificed to political interest groups
Actual learning has always been the Achilles heel of U.S. public education — no matter how many youths get processed through the factory-style education system.
Why CCSD, year in and year out, can’t manage its money
Sisolak’s hunch is correct: CCSD’s massive administrative structure fosters internal ‘kingdoms’ that regularly destroy fiscal accountability.