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Nevada sets records in latest NCAA academic progress rate report
RENO -- Six Nevada sports set or matched a record for Academic Progress Rate scores and 11 programs matched or bettered their scores from a year ago in the latest APR report released by the NCAA on Tuesday. For the ninth straight year – every year of the history of ...
Engineering students ready for national concrete canoe competition
RENO -- The University of Nevada, Reno’s concrete canoe team will hold one last training session at the Sparks Marina Saturday morning before leaving Sunday to compete in the 2013 National Concrete Canoe Competition June 20-22, 2013, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The team will be making its ...
Historic Ruling Set in Affirmative Action Case
Supreme Court justices will soon announce a decision on an affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. That could decide whether race can be used to determine college admission. (June 17)
Sportsmanship makes for special bond on Reno track
RENO -- Winning isn't everything, but it sure does feel good. You might not find Jack Rovetti's win in a heat of the 100-meter dash at the final middle school track meet of the season in any record books. But for the runners in the race and the people in ...
Missing Lincoln Document Found at Pa. College
The outgoing president of Pennsylvania's Lycoming College stumbled on a valuable and long-missing piece of history, a document signed by President Abraham Lincoln. (June 14)
Big Storm Heads East
A big storm is heading to the Mid-Atlantic Thursday morning, after dropping rain overnight from Wisconsin to Ohio. However, the storm is not as strong as was forecast. (June 13)
WCSD board of trustees praises district progress under Martinez leadership
RENO -- At a public meeting last night, the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees praised the leadership of Superintendent Pedro Martinez during his first evaluation since becoming superintendent 10 months ago. Board members voted unanimously to accept the evaluation, which found that Martinez has “clearly met the agreed-upon ...
Nevada school performance framework aligns closely with WCSD performance framework
RENO -- The Nevada Department of Education has released its first Nevada School Performance Framework (NSPF), a system of analyzing school performance that is closely aligned with the Performance Framework unveiled by Washoe County School District Superintendent Pedro Martinez earlier this year. While closely aligned with the NSPF, Washoe County ...
Old Detroit Schools Making a Comeback
Rising infrastructure costs and sinking enrollments are forcing public school districts across the country to shutter buildings. Detroit is earning high marks for what it's doing with its surplus of dilapidated schools. (June 10)
College Police: 5th Shooting Victim Has Died
A woman who was critically wounded in last week's Santa Monica shooting rampage died Sunday, bringing the total number of victims killed by the gunman to five. (June 9)
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