President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the United States Department of Education. What would such a change mean for Nevada public schools?

Education is a major issue here in Clark County. Especially considering the school district ranks as one of the worst in the nation, but neither presidential candidate is making it a huge campaign issue. Education is the bedrock of a thriving society, but it is silent this presidential election cycle UNLV professor Bradley Marianno said.

The nation’s largest teachers’ union has come to a tentative contract agreement with its own staff after locking them out without pay for more than a month, an extraordinary move that complicated its run-up to the 2024 election cycle.

The negotiated agreement, approved by an arbitrator, was announced Wednesday and came after a long period of negotiations and disputes between the teachers union and the school district.

The Clark County teachers union has to overcome 54 years of legal precedent to succeed in its recently launched legal effort to repeal a state law that prohibits strikes by public-sector employees, said Bradley Marianno, a UNLV professor of education policy.

For months, the Clark County Education Association has been rallying for a new contract.

It’s been nearly a month since the Clark County School District declared an impasse in negotiations with its teachers union on a new contract, sending talks to arbitration.

The Clark County School District is expecting about 10,000 fewer students this year than last school year, which would mark the sixth consecutive enrollment decline.