LINCOLN — After a four-day delay, the Nebraska State Board of Education unanimously passed conditional approval of a nonpublic girls school in North Omaha. The board voted 6-2 Friday to postpone its vote until Tuesday to give members time to question the school’s founder and CEO, DérNecia Phillips, Ph.D. The school, Identity Preparatory Academy, is […]

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s State Board of Education delayed a vote on approving a nonpublic girls school in North Omaha over concerns about references to “abolitionist framework” that were at one point posted on the school’s website. The board voted 6-2 Friday to postpone its vote until a virtual meeting Aug. 11 to give members time […]