Education Reform
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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
Rotting from within
Introduction Another school year, another crisis By Adam Pruzan It’s time once more for Nevadans to ponder the deep and abiding problems of the Clark County…
How PERS discourages talented teachers from staying in the profession
There are undoubtedly a variety of reasons behind Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s recent decision to retire. But one factor warrants further scrutiny: He would effectively…
Teacher opt out
Between July 1 and 15, Nevada teachers can opt out of union membership! In an attempt to help teachers that might want to opt out, below are opt-out letter templates for…
When reforms make headway, CCSD's insider empire strikes back
Part 8: District's internal financial controls revealed as effectively nonexistent