Education

The bell rings, signaling the start of another day. Behind the scenes of lesson planning and student guidance, teachers juggle numerous responsibilities. The stress runs deep, woven into the very fabric of their daily routines. They face an array of pressures: grading, parent-teacher meetings, and the emotional support they provide to students along with these typical stressors, the national worries over school safety adds to the weight they carry.

Mammel Hall – OMAHA – Twenty-one high-achieving students will begin their college careers in Omaha this fall as members of the College of Business Administration (CBA) Scholars Academy. Designed for business students studying at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), the CBA Scholars Academy is welcoming its...

As the academic year draws to a close, the Omaha community gears up to celebrate the achievements of its students. The Omaha Westside Graduation is set to take place in the heart of the city, marking a significant milestone for the graduating class and their families.

University of Nebraska Interim President Chris Kabourek on Thursday announced the 2024 recipients of NU’s most prestigious faculty awards for teaching, research, engagement and commercialization. The system-wide President’s Excellence Awards honor faculty whose work has had a significant impact on students, the university and the state. “Great faculty...

Medical safety at Bellevue East High school in the 2023-2024 school year comes down to the preparation of students and staff. AAP News reported that about how children with health issues are only increasing as the years go on. Some school personnel do not consider the district ready for health emergencies.

The University of Notre Dame confers the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa on a son of Omaha, Nebraska who has spent his life in service of the Church and his beloved alma mater, including for the last 19 years, as the 17th president of Our Lady’s University. As president he devoted himself to the work of building a “bigger and better Notre Dame”, a preeminent Catholic research university that is a “healing, unifying, enlightening force for a world deeply in need.” Because of the innumerable ways the University has flourished under his leadership, it is now widely regarded as on a par with, but by virtue of its Catholic mission, distinct from the world’s best private universities. Admired on campus and beyond for his wisdom, compassion, and principled leadership, his is an influential voice on the issues of our time, including free speech, civil discourse, and integrity in college athletics. For his extraordinary leadership of this University as its president and his tireless efforts to proclaim the Gospel through word and deed, on Reverend John Ignatius Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame, Indiana.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - St. Matthew Middle School is small. Thirty-six kids, a teacher tells 6 News. Now, those 36 kids and their families are scrambling to find a new school next year. “We had to work quickly to see if we could get him into a school that we...

PLATTSMOUTH – Cass County voters favored incumbents Duane Murdoch and challenger Daniel Stohlman for county board. The Conestoga school bond appears to have passed and the Louisville bond issued failed among Cass County voters by 30 votes. Voter turnout was at a River Country high of 35 percent. In...

The students in Diann Moore’s class at Nelson Mandela Elementary School in Omaha collaborated to write and publish a book, KETV reported.

Creighton University was honored with the 2024 Tree Campus Higher Education designation from the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to providing natural spaces and trees that benefit the environment and add to the health, vitality and beauty of campus. “It’s a designation that shows that we put effort into...

Currently, High School students at Bellevue East are required to take 4 years of English classes, 3 years of math, 3 years of science, and 3 years of history. We believe that it is not necessary for high school students to be required to learn about every subject if it is not useful for their future. In 1984, a Nebraska Legislative Bill, LB 994, highlights the required subjects for students and why they should be required to take them. It states that each student should develop competence in the basic skills of communication, computations, and the knowledge of basic facts about the environment, society, and history. Mathematics and sciences are required in order to develop higher order thinking and problem solving. Lastly and most importantly, the bill states that it should instill in each student the ability and desire to continue learning in their life; education should offer opportunity for career exploration and awareness. As the bill says it is very true that math helps with problem solving and that we should be aware of basic skills about society. The issue is that we already spend all of elementary and middle school learning about these concepts. By the time we reach High School, we already have a basic understanding of all subjects. As the bill also says, each student should have the ability and desire to continue learning throughout their life. Learning is great for the mind but having a successful future doesn’t necessarily mean you need to keep learning and expanding on all different subjects. As High School students, we should be taking classes that focus on the specific career we want to follow. Learning about all different subjects won’t be helpful for us if we want certain jobs that don’t involve all the aspects. In our society, money is what essentially keeps us running. Being required to learn about all different subjects won’t make us more money if we aren’t going to use that knowledge for our future jobs. The 4 years we spend in High School should be preparing us for our life when we graduate, it shouldn’t be focusing on us learning topics we don’t necessarily need. Once reaching high school, students should be able to pick their classes based on their chosen career path. Schools should be preparing young adults for their future.

Every day when students walk into a classroom, they expect to see their hard-working teacher ready to help them learn. But what if the teacher isn’t there?. Just like everyone, teachers have their own lives and take days off. Though this is understandable, it can really impact the way students learn.

High school is a mess. It’s chaotic, stressful, and draining. Surviving all of this for four years straight can seem like an impossible feat and, for my first two years, that’s how I viewed it. I struggled with how to persevere through these struggles, lacking motivation to do homework or to try in school. I was lost and struggled with finding a clique or a group of close friends. I played things like football and track and field, and I tried so hard to force myself to love sports and activities that just weren’t for me. I felt as though I no longer knew who I was. Then, in my junior year, I joined an activity that I used to love in middle school, something I used to have so much passion for. I joined show choir, and everything changed.

An in-school, financial literacy program — where kids learn about saving money and older kids serve as bank tellers — was started in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis.

Cindy Barr McNair has been teaching in the Millard Public Schools district for decades. She's been working with visually impaired students to help them succeed.

With the 2023-2024 school year coming to a close, administrators have started to make plans for next year. Several GHS teachers, from various departments, have been selected to make the move across Highway 370 to GEHS. “GEHS is growing in size, and we actually are going to shrink in size...

Six Glenwood High School students qualified to compete at the National Individual Event Tournament of Champions in Omaha, Nebraska. Layne Rude advanced to the quarterfinals in Prose Reading and Ana Swaner advanced to the octafinals in Extemporaneous Speaking. Pictured, left to right: Layne Rude, Sam Emrick, Ana Swaner, Khmai-yah Ros, Adriana Clevenger and Mackenzie Jones. The students wish to thank […]