Half Waif, born Ananda Rose “Nandi” Plunkett, was in third grade when she started her first musical collaboration. It was a ...

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Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position. And no one could ...

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On the latest edition of the Banning USD Real Talk Podcast, Central Elementary School teachers Diana Maciel-Gordillo and ...

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The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a professional organization with a mission of connecting research and practice to continuously improve the quality of literacy instruction across the ...

Most of us fill the days with leftovers, holiday movies, and a vague sense of waiting for January 1st to begin again. But what if this week is actually your greatest opportunity for transformation?

Literacy rates are tumbling as kids' attention spans dwindle. Families are scraping together funds to move schools or get tutors, driving a societal divide.