Two controversial library books will remain on shelves in the Omaha Public Schools after district-level reviews found that they help "students feel seen, heard and valued."

Last year, nearly 1,400 teachers left their positions in Omaha-area school districts. This year, fewer teachers appear to be leaving but it's still challenging to fill vacancies.

Omaha Public Schools is projecting nearly 700 teachers to leave the district. The departures follow a national staff shortage in public schools around the U.S.

Nebraska student proficiency in math and English language arts has skyrocketed as public schools recover from a COVID academic slide.

A proposal by Nebraska State Board of Education member Kirk Penner to prohibit “pornographic materials or sexually explicit content” in all Nebraska public school libraries failed to advance Friday.

The Omaha Public Schools board approved a new contract with the teachers union on Wednesday. The agreement will increase the teacher base salary by $7,200 over the next three years.

One Bennington school board member and several parents protested the funding and existence of the Prism Club at Bennington High School, which is a student-led gay-straight alliance organization.

It has been about a month since most schools in Nebraska opened up their doors again, allowing students and staff to resume learning in an environment that is still interrupted

Live updates of storm damage after several tornadoes ravaged parts of the Omaha metro area.

A new report shows that Nebraska's educator shortage has once again worsened as the 2023-24 school year began with 908 unfilled teaching positions, an 18% increase.

Nebraska schools are struggling and in some cases failing to provide services to children with special needs, as the law requires. Those struggles place an outsized burden on families.

Nationwide, community members are protesting the teaching of social-emotional learning – largely because conservatives have linked it with another flashpoint in public education: critical race theory.

Lisa Moody, a special education teacher at Jefferson Elementary in OPS, received the Milken Educator Award and $25,000 on Friday. She was selected for her leadership, positive impact and innovation.

Increasing student misbehavior — fights in hallways, assaults to staff, smoking in bathrooms, skipping class and more — continues to hinder learning and staff retention at the Omaha Public Schools.

Opponents to critical race theory often falsely equate the framework's teachings with equity efforts in schools.

The Bennington school board has announced its selection to replace Terry Haack when he retires in May. Haack has led the Bennington district for 19 years.

Nebraska's 2023 Teacher of the Year says she is being bullied on social media by Kirk Penner, vice president of the State Board of Education.

Former State Sen. Ernie Chambers has joined those calling for Gov. Jim Pillen to change his mind about a new federal program that could keep about 150,000 Nebraska children fed

Critical race theory, intellectual and social movement and framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is a socially constructed category that is used to oppress and exploit people of...

From mental health care to robots, here is a look at how some Nebraska school districts are spending their share of $492 million in federal COVID-19 rescue aid.

Several teachers in the Omaha Public Schools say they don't feel valued or supported by the district in the current staffing crisis, which has been made worse by a raging

The World-Herald met with Matt Ray on Thursday for a question-and-answer session after he was selected as the next superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools. "This is what I want

Like their counterparts nationally, Nebraska students aren't reading as well as they should. And part of the problem is the way Nebraska teachers learn how to teach reading in college.

Nebraska school superintendents would face limits on future pay based on what their districts pay entry-level teachers, lawmakers are proposing. Only three districts might be affected by those caps.

This article describes the results of three pilot studies that were conducted to evaluate the recently developed Strong Kids and Strong Teens social-emotional learning programs in increasing stud...

MADISON — Two Norfolk women facing charges in Madison County District Court stemming from the alleged abortion and subsequent burial of a baby’s body pleaded not guilty on Thursday and

Many Omaha school districts are losing 30-70% more educators than last year — at least 1,250 are leaving their districts. Teachers say it's because of working conditions that aren't improving.

A wave of phony school shooting reports upended learning in schools across Nebraska Thursday, making the state one of the latest in a spate of similar incidents occurring across the

Omaha Public Schools is reassigning more than 70 teachers this year because of a staffing shortage. Teachers say they are upset not by the decision, but by the way the