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    Clark County School Superintendent

    Dec 09, 2009
    Clark County School District Chief Walt Rulffes joins us to talk about the host of issues facing educators and schools in Southern Nevada. We talk about the empowerment schools program, federal aid that will require a change in state law so that test scores can be used to assess teacher quality, raises for classroom teachers, school construction and pending budget cuts.
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    Empowerment Schools

    Dec 04, 2009
    In 2007, Gov. Jim Gibbons boldly predicted that "empowerment schools" would end the perpetually low ranking of Nevada schools.
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    Westside Schools

    Dec 02, 2009
    Students in historically black West Las Vegas are underachieving academically. They are behind their peers in other neighborhoods.
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    Homeless Youth

    Nov 25, 2009
    Most of us can only imagine homelessness. But what happens if you're still in high school and you cannot live at home.
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    Brown Soup Thing

    Nov 13, 2009
    "Brown Soup Thing" is a comedy-drama about a comfortably disconnected Filipino American family. In order to raise her unacceptable A- average, 10 year-old Lita must submit a video project about what it means to be a Filipino in America.
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    God Lives in Glass

    Oct 23, 2009
    Nearly a decade ago, author Robert Landy asked 500 children what they thought of God. It produced a range of answers from the humorous to the touching and poetic.
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    School Superintendent

    Oct 19, 2009
    The budget news keeps getting worse and now the valley's population is slipping. That's a huge reversal from the booming growth through the last two decades.
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    Flute in Reach

    Oct 15, 2009
    A Las Vegas company has joined the rush to develop new software for the iPhone. It's a series of how-to-play lessons for musical instruments.
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    College Dropouts

    Oct 13, 2009
    The debate about college dropouts has been long on rhetoric and short on facts. Former college presidents William Bowen and Michael McPherson have written a book Crossing the Finish Line to try and quantify the real problems students have in finishing college.
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    Laramie Project

    Oct 09, 2009
    It is now a decade since the murder of Matthew Shepard. His death became a seminal moment for the Wyoming city to talk about tolerance and diversity.
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    Project Elevate

    Sep 24, 2009
    Hundreds of children are in foster care but in that system they barely learn the skills they need live as adults. To fill that gap, "Project Elevate" has given them a crash course and linked them with life coaches who try to stand in to help the young adults as they navigate the world.
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    Educational Responsibility

    Sep 09, 2009
    President Obama has called on the nation's students to take responsibility for their own education. But how hard is that in a large school district like Clark County? Can students excel without the resources and language skills they need to succeed? Local education experts explain what is needed to succeed and John L.
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    Budget Cuts for Education

    May 18, 2009
    Jim Rogers, Chancellor, NV System of Higher Ed Walt Rulffes, Superintendent, CCSD ... on the latest round of budget cuts and what it could mean for students and educators.
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    Economic Literacy

    May 12, 2009
    Jhone Ebert, Asst Super of Curriculum, CCSD Stephanie Hirsch, Social Studies Coord, CCSD Sheri Perez, Project Coord, NV Council on Economic Education ..
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    NSEA Threatens Legal Action

    May 07, 2009
    Lynn Warne, Pres, NSEA ... on their threatened lawsuit over state budget cuts and what they'll get out of it.
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    Zhan Okuda-Lim

    May 06, 2009
    Zahn Okuda-Lim, Pres of the Sophomore Class, Valley HS; Student Rep, State Board of Ed; and, Chair of the Student Advisory Committee, CCSD ..
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    Juvenile Court Standards

    Apr 21, 2009
    Honorable Diane Steel, Family Court Judge, Clark County District Court Tom Morton, Dir of Child and Family Svcs, Clark County ..
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    Public vs. Private Schools

    Apr 07, 2009
    John F. Jennings, Pres and CEO, CEP Floyd Hammack, Assoc Prof of Educational Sociology and Higher Education, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development .
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    Nutrition Exhibit

    Apr 06, 2009
    Tiffany White, Dir of Education and Programming, Lied Discovery Children's Museum ..
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    Empowerment Schools

    Mar 26, 2009
    Lisa Primas, principal, Paul Cully Elementary School ... on what is involved in running one the valley's empowerment schools.
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    Uncertain Job Outlook for Young People

    Mar 18, 2009
    Sharief Ali, Managing Ed, UNLV Rebel Yell Jeff Robey, senior, UNLV Eileen McGarry, Exec Dir, Career Services, UNLV ..
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    Muslim Teens

    Mar 11, 2009
    Dilara Hafiz, co-author Yasmine Hafiz, co-author ... on the challenges Muslim teens face when trying to live an observant life in the U.S. and in the region.
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    Homeless Children

    Mar 11, 2009
    Ellen Bassuk, MD, Pres, Natl Ctr on Family Homelessness ... on a recent report that describes the plight of America's homeless children.
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    Smaller Learning Communities

    Feb 24, 2009
    Jeff Geihs,Principal, Cheyenne High School
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    Diary of Anne Frank

    Feb 10, 2009
    Robert Brewer, Artistic Dir, Nevada Conservatory Theatre and Dir, Diary of Anne Frank
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