Nevada Department of Education

A trio of state agencies alongside Amazon Web Services this week said they’d be partnering to launch a cloud computing training and certification program in Nevada.

Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee last week approved more than $5 million for the Department of Education for programs related to digital learning, workforce development and safe schools reopening.

The Nevada Department of Education this week announced it is partnering with a national crowdfunding website to distribute $8 million in COVID-19 relief funds to teachers for school supplies and classroom projects.

Deanne Moyle-Hicks, a fourth-grade teacher at Natchez Elementary School, was notified Monday during a surprise assembly with Gov. Steve Sisolak.

Teachers working with Nevada students can earn certification in Google Workspace tools through a partnership between Google and the Nevada Department of Education.

An enormous infusion of federal pandemic aid earmarked for education presents schools with a rare opportunity to address shortcomings that teachers, parents and lawmakers have lamented for years.

Lawmakers last month seemed surprised to learn the Nevada Department of Education has no direct role in deciding which organizations receive the $37.5 million in donations pledged by Tesla.

Nevada’s publicly financed charter schools have been able to shore up operations with millions of dollars from the federal Paycheck Protection Program designed to help businesses and nonprofits.

A streamlined application process has been launched for school districts and charter schools to apply for a share of the $50 million in CARES Act funding.

Vegas PBS has launched OnePlaceNevada, a statewide educational resource portal for educators and students.