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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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Indigenous Peoples Summit In Omaha Draws National Tribal Leaders — And A Dispute Over Lunch

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 5:00am

Chef Anthony Warrior prepared traditional food for participants of the Omaha conference. Warrior is a citizen of the Absentee Shawnee and is also descended from the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — It was not a walk that participants in the annual Indigenous Peoples Summit wanted to take on an 86-degree afternoon.

But they did — on principle, and to underscore a key reason that brought some 125 leaders of tribal governments, Indigenous groups and others together in the first place: a quest to reclaim cultural power and traditions.

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Free School Meals Are On The Rise In The US − But That Could Change Depending On Who Wins The 2024 Presidential Election

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 4:00am

Should all U.S. public school students be able to eat breakfast and lunch at no cost, regardless of their family’s income? The federal government temporarily made that possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, some states have taken it upon themselves to make it happen on a permanent basis. The Conversation U.S. asked Marlene B.

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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

Indigenous Peoples Summit In Omaha Draws National Tribal Leaders — And A Dispute Over Lunch

Free School Meals Are On The Rise In The US − But That Could Change Depending On Who Wins The 2024 Presidential Election

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