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Governor:Brian Sandoval
Superintendent of Public Instruction:Keith Rheault
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:437,149
Number of school districts:18
Number of public schools:645
Number of public school teachers:21,839
Unadjusted education spending per student:$8,376
Percent minority students:61.3%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:50.3%
Percent of students with disabilities:11.0%
Percent of English-language learners:19.1%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:35.7%
8th grade math:28.6%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:25.5%
8th grade reading:26.3%

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Students can work alongside similarly gifted peers and nurture their talents in ways generally unavailable in American schools.
June 3, 2009 - Education Week
Ruling upholds Las Vegas district's policy of letting each school decide whether it will require students to wear uniforms.
May 15, 2008 | Updated: April 7, 2012 - Education Week
As part of their routine hiring practices, Clark County, Nev., school officials scour colleges across the country and use innovative technology to try to recruit enough teachers to fill classrooms in the fast-growing district.
March 3, 2008 - Education Week
Thirteen Western states that are home to more than 93 percent of the nation’s federally owned land have formed a coalition to lobby Washington for an annual $4 billion in lost local and state property-tax revenues on the federal land, nearly $1.9 billion of which would have gone to pay for public education.
December 12, 2006 - Education Week
Voters in some states didn't show a lot of generosity toward schools as they voted down measures that would have provided more funding for education in Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, and Ohio. But proposals in three states that had the potential to restrict spending on schools-the idea known as a Taxpayer's Bill of Rights-were rejected, early returns showed.
November 8, 2006 - Education Week (Web)
The future of Nevada’s Millennium Scholarships, which state Treasurer Brian K. Krolicki warned last fall were in jeopardy because of a drop in supporting revenues and an unexpectedly high number of enrollees, appears to be taking a turn for the better.
March 8, 2005 - Education Week
Carlos Garcia, the superintendent of the Clark County, Nev., public schools, wants everyone to know he is not a terrorist.
January 25, 2005 - Education Week
Voters showed caution about sending more money to public schools or dramatically changing course on education policy, as they decided school-related questions on state ballots last week.
November 9, 2004 - Education Week
Testing irregularities in Nevada’s public schools, including incidents involving student cheating and teacher misconduct, increased by more than 50 percent in 2003-04 from the previous school year, according to an annual report.
October 8, 2004 - Education Week

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