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A Rare Condor Hatched And Raised By Foster Parents In Captivity Now Gets To Live Wild

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 4:00am

This photo provided by The Peregrine Fund and the Bureau of Land Management shows California condors inside a pen before being released on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 from Vermillion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Grand Canyon's North Rim.
(The Peregrine Fund and the Bureau of Land Management via AP)

By all accounts, Milagra the "miracle" California condor shouldn’t be alive today.

But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of three of the giant endangered birds who got to stretch their wings in the wild as part of a release this weekend near the Grand Canyon.

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For the Sake of America’s School Children, Congress Must Keep AmeriCorps Going

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 3:00am

For the Sake of America’s School Children, Congress Must Keep AmeriCorps Going

Balfanz & Huffman: Volunteers have been key to helping students recover from pandemic learning losses through tutoring, fighting chronic absenteeism.

By Robert Balfanz & Kevin Huffman

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Bennington Middle School Teacher Named 2025 Nebraska Teacher Of The Year

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 7:00am

Lindsey Wilson, a teacher at Bennington Middle School, talks to reporters after being selected as the 2025 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, Sept. 19, 2024.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

BENNINGTON, Nebraska — The Nebraska Department of Education honored a Bennington Middle School science and social studies teacher Thursday as the 2025 Nebraska Teacher of the Year.

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Privacy Of The Voting Booth

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 6:00am

There are some things I believe to be true, but I could never prove them in a court of law.

One of those things I believe is that many of my Republican friends and even some Republican candidates that are verbally supporting Trump, will vote for Kamala Harris once they get behind the privacy of the voting booth.

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New Name Announced For NE Organization That Provides Legal And Other Services To Newcomers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 5:00am

OMAHA — The marriage two years ago of a pair of like-missioned Nebraska nonprofits has now gone to another level.

The organization previously known as Immigrant Legal Center + Refugee Empowerment Center announced Tuesday that it has a new name.

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Philadelphia’s Building 21 Tackles ‘Unfinished Learning’ While Pushing Students to Find Their Passions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 4:00am

Philadelphia’s Building 21 Pushes Students to Tackle ‘Unfinished Learning’

Founded by two Harvard classmates, it prioritizes internships, asking why learning must stay confined to ‘this place called school.’

By Greg Toppo

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Goodwill Created A New High School For Dropouts − It Led To Better Jobs And Higher Wages

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 3:00am

When Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana realized most of the clients in its job-training program lacked a high school diploma, it set out to address the issue.

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Vouchers Ease Start-Up Stress For Churches Seeing Demand For More Christian Schools

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 2:00am

First grade teacher Sharon Parsons (back center) helps her students with a lesson at the Winter Garden Christian Academy Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Winter Garden, Fla.
(John Raoux / AP Photo)

Florida pastor Melvin Adams knows a few hours of church programming every week is no match for the more than 30 hours children spend at secular schools, absorbing lessons that he says run counter to their family’s Christian beliefs.

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The Next Generation Of Buffetts Is Poised To Become One Of The Biggest Forces In Philanthropy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 7:00am

Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to reporters before presiding over the annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 4, 2019.
(Nati Harnik / AP Photo)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The next generation of Buffetts — Howard, Susie and Peter — is poised to become one of the most powerful forces in philanthropy when their 94-year-old father, the legendary businessman and leader of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, eventually passes away.

But it wasn't always going to be that way.

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Nothing Funny About This News

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 6:00am

The nexus of two recent headlines, one detailing yet another school shooting, the other profiling the reaction to a book banner who was appointed to oversee Nebraska’s libraries, reminded me of what comedian Wanda Sykes once said: “Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ we’re paying attention to the wrong stuff.” (I cleaned it up a little.)

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A Rare Condor Hatched And Raised By Foster Parents In Captivity Now Gets To Live Wild

For the Sake of America’s School Children, Congress Must Keep AmeriCorps Going

For the Sake of America’s School Children, Congress Must Keep AmeriCorps Going

Balfanz & Huffman: Volunteers have been key to helping students recover from pandemic learning losses through tutoring, fighting chronic absenteeism.

Bennington Middle School Teacher Named 2025 Nebraska Teacher Of The Year

Privacy Of The Voting Booth

New Name Announced For NE Organization That Provides Legal And Other Services To Newcomers

Philadelphia’s Building 21 Tackles ‘Unfinished Learning’ While Pushing Students to Find Their Passions

Philadelphia’s Building 21 Pushes Students to Tackle ‘Unfinished Learning’

Founded by two Harvard classmates, it prioritizes internships, asking why learning must stay confined to ‘this place called school.’

Goodwill Created A New High School For Dropouts − It Led To Better Jobs And Higher Wages

Vouchers Ease Start-Up Stress For Churches Seeing Demand For More Christian Schools

The Next Generation Of Buffetts Is Poised To Become One Of The Biggest Forces In Philanthropy

Nothing Funny About This News

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For the Sake of America’s School Children, Congress Must Keep AmeriCorps Going

Balfanz & Huffman: Volunteers have been key to helping students recover from pandemic learning losses through tutoring, fighting chronic absenteeism.

Philadelphia’s Building 21 Pushes Students to Tackle ‘Unfinished Learning’

Founded by two Harvard classmates, it prioritizes internships, asking why learning must stay confined to ‘this place called school.’

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