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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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Nevada’s Millennium Scholarship program is becoming a victim of its own success.
September 20, 2004 - Education Week
A high school teacher in Zephyr Cove, Nev., has accused his principal of altering school records in order meet a provision of the No Child Left Behind Act.
May 26, 2004 - Education Week
Nevada voters could be drawn into an all-out battle to decide how big a priority school funding should be if two initiatives to amend the state constitution find their way to the ballot.
April 21, 2004 - Education Week
The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to get involved in a hard-fought legal battle in Nevada stemming from a protracted legislative deadlock last year over tax increases to pay for public schools.
March 31, 2004 - Education Week
Nevada has imposed steep penalties on Harcourt Educational Measurement for errors in administering statewide exams, and Georgia is poised to do the same, following scoring glitches typical of the kind that have plagued state- sponsored testing programs in recent years.
September 4, 2002 - Education Week
In what could be a first-of-its-kind policy, school officials in Washoe County, Nev., will have access to court and police records for all of their high school student athletes this coming fall.
June 12, 2002 - Education Week
A coalition of Nevada businesses is asking a state judge to block a proposed 4 percent tax on companies' profits that would raise an estimated $250 million a year to benefit public schools. The plan is an unconstitutional "back door" income tax, the group argues.
November 22, 2000 - Education Week
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