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.
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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…
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AB458 Testimony (Opportunity Scholarships)
Testimony in Opposition re: Assembly Bill 458 Senate Committee on Revenue & Economic Development Thursday, May 2, 2019 1:30pm My name is Daniel Honchariw. I serve…
In case you missed it...
This week in the Nevada legislature Today is “Deadline Day” in Carson City — meaning bills not reported out of committee by today’s end will be officially…
SB475: Proteger el establecimiento educativo, en detrimento del aprendizaje de los estudiantes
Un nuevo proyecto de ley podría dificultar que las escuelas despidan a los maestros con bajo rendimiento, al tiempo que reduce la importancia del aprendizaje de los alumnos en las…
SB475: Protecting the education establishment, at the expense of student learning
A new bill would make it harder for schools to dismiss underperforming teachers, while also reducing the importance of student learning in teacher evaluations — which is just the latest…