The Las Vegas Sun – Editorial
“It’s too easy to beat up the Clark County School District because of its poor academic standing nationally. Statistical metrics are cold and brutal, and they can become easily cited sound bites, usually without context, for those heaving criticism at our students, teachers and administrators. What statistics and rankings don’t always show are the enormity of the challenges the school district faces and its ongoing struggles to raise student achievement. And because of that constant drumbeat of negativism, it’s too easy to overlook the many success stories that emanate from our schools. They deserve to be told and celebrated.”(more)