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 […]

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s education commissioner said a 5% spending cut Gov. Jim Pillen requested from all state agencies won’t apply to the state’s school funding formula. Commissioner Brian Maher provided an update on the Nebraska Department of Education’s response to the governor’s spending memo at a State Board of Education meeting Thursday. While portions of […]