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Corruption and Collusion in Sin City (UNLV Edition)

Published at the request of the duly elected senators, of the 43rd session, of the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Many students missed a warning when two extremely conservative campus leaders joined with a more liberal student to vie for the executive board of the undergraduate student government (CSUN) at the University [...]

March 2, 2013No CommentRead More

The Precarious Situation of Nevada’s ELL Students

February 4, 2013 3 Comments

(or “Why Nevada is Going to Get Sued for Millions.“) With recent headlines like “Conference attendees say Nevada isn’t doing enough to educate ELL students,” and “GOP lawmaker seeks more state funding for English language learners,” it should come as no surprise that Nevada has an English Language Learner problem in its grade schools. What such [...]

Excellence Happens in Vegas

January 29, 2013 No Comment

Cross posted from EduShyster’s blog. Keeping an eye on the corporate education agenda. It’s time once again to climb aboard the rephorm express. Today we’re headed west, to Vegas, baby: home to the legendary Strip, the Hoover Dam, and these days, plenty of excellence, Teach for America style. Alas, what happens in Vegas likely won’t [...]

Building a Public Education Counter-Movement in the Las Vegas Area

November 15, 2012 1 Comment

At the K-12 levels, high-quality teachers and well-run schools are essential to student achievement. However, public educators are largely being blamed for struggling students rather than focusing on larger systemic issues such as children in poverty, unsafe neighborhoods and substandard schools which can make it difficult to learn (1). Although there is a lot of focus on education problems by policymakers, [...]

Dying for Work: Mental Health, Unemployment and Suicide

August 10, 2012 5 Comments

It seems that a local issue is a national issue as well. Too often these days this is the case. So, I’d like to make a statement and start the appropriate discussion rather than keeping the focus on the wrong discussion or letting the event be forgotten completely. The discussion we need to have is [...]

Threats of Teacher Layoffs & CCSD Spending Down the Money

July 7, 2012 1 Comment

In reviewing the data . . . it has been determined that the following administrator in the Clark County School District have been ineffective and failed to do the job commensurate with their pay level. They have not negotiated in good faith. They have failed to find a suitable and fair remedy for the teachers [...]

Amanda Fulkerson, Chief Communications Officer for CCSD, Divorcing Victor Joecks, NPRI’s Communications Officer. [Part 2 of 2]

July 6, 2012 1 Comment

I see Amanda Fulkerson is divorcing Victor Joecks! That was faster than Britney Spears! Victor Joecks has been making the rounds promoting his NPRI union-busting activities. He got his buddies at the local paper to auto-pen his Koch propaganda in public – AGAIN. The news media, which leans conservative, seems to love his drama, drama, [...]

NPRI’s New Partnership with Amanda Fulkerson – Chief Communications Officer for CCSD [Part 1 of 2]

June 29, 2012 2 Comments

There have been several sightings of the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) with their new best friend – Amanda Fulkerson. WHAT? Let me get this straight. Amanda Fulkerson, a public school employee, is hanging out and making alliances with the premier Nevada anti-public-education group? This is what NPRI is all about: Billionaires Buying Influence in [...]

NPRI Provides a Living Lesson on Tax Scare Tactics

June 6, 2012 No Comment

On the release of news “that the groups [involved] were finally ready to file the initiative petition,” to create a business margin tax, NPRI immediately, as expected, began attacking it. As Lynn Warne, president of the Nevada State Education Association, explained “Basically it is a 2 percent tax on a business entity’s taxable margin for [...]

Will Nevada Government Shutdown?

May 20, 2011 1 Comment

A lot of stuff has gone on since the beginning of the 2011 Nevada Legislative session. So much stuff in fact that it has become overly complicated to even see the big picture of where the session is headed. Here’s a breakdown of how things are going in our state capital. Sandoval will veto anything [...]