Sizing up Nevada’s dismal education reputation
By Amelia Pak-Harvey, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Worst in the nation.
Or, at least, among the worst. That’s the reputation of Nevada’s K-12 public education system.
The label hangs over teachers who come to work here, over every test score — even over some students, who are keenly aware of the status of their public education system.
But we’re the worst according to whom?
The answer is that Nevada lags in an array of studies.