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News Clips
The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) tracks trends and developments in issues related to school climate and conditions for learning through online media sites, blogs, syndication and aggregation services, and other news resources from local, regional, and national media outlets. Browse this ongoing collection of posts to learn about what’s happening in communities near you and across the nation.
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Displaying 21 News Clips.April 2024
February 2024
02/18/2024
Las Vegas Sun
Whenever Joe Llanes hears the whines of police sirens, the UNLV student can’t stop thinking back to the helpless feeling of sheltering in place while an active shooter was terrorizing campus.… Read more »
December 2023
12/17/2023
Las Vegas Sun
Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office is weighing possible steps to bolster security on campus across the Nevada System of Higher Education in the wake of an active shooter at UNLV earlier this month killing… Read more »
12/16/2023
KTNV-13
The recent shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has prompted concerns among students, especially those with physical impairments, about their safety during emergencies. Natalie… Read more »
April 2023
04/19/2023
KUNR
Latino public college enrollment in Nevada dropped in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic. While it bounced back a bit during the 2021-22 academic year, higher education professionals and… Read more »
July 2022
07/12/2022
KOLO
Affordable student housing is coming to Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) after securing funds through the new California budget, geared towards expanding low-cost living. Nearly $40 million is… Read more »
May 2022
05/05/2022
Nevada Independent
A recent report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center echoes long-standing concerns about Nevada’s standing in certain key educational achievement metrics. In this case, it’s about… Read more »
November 2021
11/11/2021
8 News Now Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — For many people hearing the terms “stop drop and roll,” or “duck and cover,” were common during drills at school.
Many people accepted these drills because our parents… Read more »
October 2021
10/04/2021
Fox 5 (Las Vegas)
During the pandemic shutdown, an attendance crisis caused an estimated 3 million children across the U.S. to go missing from school rosters. Amid a return to in-person learning, a local… Read more »
March 2021
03/24/2021
KTNV
A local program is empowering students to make school a better place for everyone. Bully Busters 702, run by Big Keith Bowen, teaches students to speak out and help their fellow student who may be… Read more »
03/12/2021
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Many Las Vegas-area colleges and universities, including Nevada State, have student emergency relief funds that use funds from private donors to help students facing unforeseen financial hardships… Read more »
February 2020
02/02/2020
The Nevada Independent
Staff members at Jerome Mack Middle School braced themselves for bad news before the district’s top leader paid them a visit last spring. The 1,300-student school in east Las Vegas had been chosen… Read more »
June 2019
06/24/2019
KUNR
A new law goes into effect next month that will extend the amount of time school administrators have to investigate allegations of cyberbullying. Karina Gonzalez has been examining bullying and… Read more »
April 2019
04/30/2019
Nevada Today
Though much work remains, conversation points to many positive trends for the student body.
04/15/2019
KTNV
An effort is underway statewide to change the way teachers, police and the courts deal with troubled children.
January 2019
01/28/2019
The 74 Million
The Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development published its long-awaited report: From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope.
October 2018
10/09/2018
Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln Public Schools has received a four-year, $2 million grant to improve the graduation rates and academic performance of Native students, work that will focus on cultural enrichment and… Read more »
10/04/2018
Las Vegas Now
In an effort to target and stop bullying, Governor Brian Sandoval has proclaimed this week as "A Week of Respect."
June 2018
06/04/2018
EdSurge
To Duvall, it’s even more important to improve the climate of a school with overcrowded classrooms. “It is about modeling accountable talk,” she says. “It is putting [social-emotional learning… Read more »
April 2018
04/21/2018
The Nevada Independent
A group of professors, educators and nonprofit representatives recently met in Las Vegas to plan how parents, students and community members can work together to lower the dropout rate among… Read more »