With Schools Closed, CIS Scramble to Assist
Many of the 320,000 students in the Clark County School District rely on their schools for more than learning.
Nearly two-thirds of the district’s students qualify for free or reduced meals in the school cafeteria. And nonprofit groups typically deliver their services on campus.
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Inequality in Education (13 Action News Special)
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Bridging the Divide is a 13 Action News series that discusses race and equality in Las Vegas.
In this community discussion, we address inequality in education. How race, class and gender still impact how students are treated.
The full special can be seen .
<... Learn MoreA Pandemic Makes it Even More Difficult to Get Resources
A Pandemic Makes it Even More Difficult to Get Resources to the Students Who Most Need Them — Enter Communities In Schools of Northeastern Nevada
Author: Sarah Goicoechea, Executive Director, Communities in Schools of Northeastern Nevada
Those of us who l... Learn More
Wherever Our Kids Are, Whatever It Takes
‘Communities In Schools Is Here to Break Down Barriers to Academic Success and Graduation’
Author: Sarah Goicoechea, Executive Director, Communities In Schools of Northeastern Nevada
August is synonymous with back-to-school — a time typically filled w... Learn More
Nonprofit Undergoes Paradigm Shift
When Maria Ruiz learned a student’s mother had been laid off and food was running low in the household, she knew one thing might cheer him up — hot Takis.
So Ruiz, a site coordinator for Communities In Schools in Elko, stopped at a gas station for the spicy snack and scrawled a ha... Learn More