joe wrote on January 15, 2008 12:19 AM: I am from the midwest. The schools there are much tougher academically. It is a joke here in Nevada.
Every class I have ever taken I have achieved so far above anyone else it is scary--without even really trying.
CCSD is, without question, the worst run school district in the country. The kids here are not learning and the principals are terrible to the teachers. The system is broken and the district needs to be split.

mike wrote on January 10, 2008 09:04 PM: Check out how CCSD is wasting your money!

Go to that website KD posted

www.proposalc.com

kd wrote on January 10, 2008 09:01 PM: visit

www.proposalc.com

Andrea Feodorov wrote on January 10, 2008 03:01 PM: Dave, yes I caught the numbers on kids with parents without college degrees. And you're right again, the earnings numbers are skewed because of the high-paying tip jobs in the casino industry. Watch what happens when fantasyland disappears and the economy tanks. As that old bumper sticker used to say, "If you think education is pricey, try ignorance."

Dave L wrote on January 10, 2008 12:54 PM: Thanks, Andrea;

For me, the most telling piece of data was the percentage of children in our schools who have any parent with a college degree. Nevada is fifty-first in the country, dead last in parents with any college degree. As was pointed out in the great book "Freakenomics", the education level of the parent is the single biggest factor in a childs academic potential.

Did you enjoy the data on the pay scale of our poorly educated kids once they left school? Better than most people in the country! Parking valets and others make a lot of money, so there is little incentive to get a comprehensive education (this has been talked about for years).

As for the teachers; sign up to be a substitute teacher and report back on your experiences...based on the recounted experiences of several of my friends; FORGET-ABOUT-IT! They would never go back, the kids were horrible!

undr cvr wrote on January 10, 2008 12:54 PM: Everyone keep in mind Guinn v Nevada. The Nevada Suprem Court raping the voters and citizens of Nevada claiming that education was important to them...and this is a result. What hapopened to the money that was supposed to benefit education?

From yesterday
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/13557277.html

'Justice Gibbons has acknowledged that Guinn v. Legislature was a mistake. On more than one occasion, he has expressed regret over his vote.'

Thanks for nothing Nevada Officials and Supreme Court

And Gibbons wants to right some wrongs..then GET OUT like Maupin and others to come.

Andrea Feodorov wrote on January 10, 2008 11:51 AM: Thanks for the report, Dave. I wish more people would read it. It shows an absolutely abysmal track record on education. A graduations rate at 54% (and falling)that ranks dead last in the country? Abysmal math and reading scores that place us virtually at the bottom of the pack? You can't blame that on just money. Just look at the section on Teaching. What jumped out at me was the fact that teacher evaluations are not tied to student performance. That's not a money problem. That's a policy problem. The fact that teachers' pay isn't tied to raising student achievements might be a money problem, but more likely that too is a policy problem. In the end, I agree with AB Free. CCSD's bloated empire needs to be dismantled. But I disagree if AB thinks they're capable of doing it.

Dave L wrote on January 10, 2008 08:51 AM: Here, for your review, is the Report on Nevada
nevadareport

Ray Bacon wrote on January 10, 2008 07:11 AM: Read the report! Nevada is again in the bottom four NOT just below the National Average. Take the time to pull up the 15 page detailed report on Nevada and it is obvious the problem is more about policy and performance than about money.

AB Free wrote on January 10, 2008 06:44 AM: Yawn! Does this come as a surprize? The CCSD needs to wake up and dismantle their bloated empire...

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