Education
Attacking the pillars of mediocrity
Nevada should quit protecting bad teachers
Which industry in Nevada terminates less than one percent of its employees for poor performance, incompetence or criminal behavior? If you said “Public Education,” give yourself a gold star.
The AG vs. your right to know: Part I
Cortez Masto continues her stealth assault on open-meeting laws
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto continues to run legal interference for politicians seeking to keep the public in the dark.
Nevada athletics regulators throw a gutterball
Star bowler’s college dreams dashed thanks to old-guard bias
The Nevada Interscholastic Athletic Association's old-guard mentality has destroyed a star bowler's college scholarship dream.
The emerging education consensus
Candidates in both major parties are embracing sound policy ideas
Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates have embraced real education reforms.
Markets work, even for those in poverty
UNR professors Parker and Kilkenny have it wrong
Some of the poorest people around the world send their children to private schools.
Why Florida succeeds where Nevada fails
NAEP scores demonstrate that education reform really works
Nevada needs to copy educational reforms that have actually worked.
Reality check for Trustee Edwards
Board minutes say she voted for top administrators’ benefits
Board minutes reveal Carolyn Edwards voted for top administrators' increased benefits — though she's now telling her constituents she didn't.
A new approach in Nevada education
Our focus must be on student achievement, not spending levels
Nevada's leaders need to change their focus from funding to student achievement.
What could have been
What if Nevada had shown some restraint in education spending?
Incremental tax increases and "broader" taxes over the years paid for a hyperinflation in public education spending, but to what end? Educational achievement is not better. In some ways, it's actually worse.
Rulffes’ ‘sacrifice’
Contract even more generous after revisions
Little-known contract revisions allow CCSD Superintendent Rulffes to make more money after "refusing" a pay increase.
