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July 29, 2021
A smaller labor pool, along with competition from retail and food service employers like McDonald’s that are raising hourly pay, makes it harder to attract and reta... More
July 19, 2021
UNL’s Saima Hasnin and Anna Johnson and Morgan Staver of UNMC each received the award for the 2021-22 academic year The Buffett Early Childhood Institute has award... More
June 17, 2021
CONTACT: Erin Owen, (402) 547-7444 or eowen@nebraska.edu Tonight, Thursday, June 17, 2021, the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties Coordinating Coun... More
May 20, 2021
A recent report by the Buffett Institute tracks how much money is spent on early childhood in Nebraska and where it comes from, and also calculates what it would cost to... More
Shift in Approach Can Better Serve Child Care Programs and Improve Services Omaha, Neb. — A new report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the U... More
April 09, 2021
In the wake of COVID-19, several local school districts are adopting or strengthening social-emotional curriculum for the upcoming school year, hoping to increase student... More
April 08, 2021
Parents, educators, and researchers are trying to gauge how much learning has been disrupted by pandemic stress and the abrupt switch to online learning last spring. By E... More
March 04, 2021
A new Biden administration plan seeks to greatly expand direct payments to American families. The payments, contained in a much larger $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief... More
February 16, 2021
A statewide survey of parents and business owners drives home the point that Nebraska's current child care system—underfunded and struggling long before the pandemic—isn'... More
Findings Reveal Serious Challenges With Significant Implications for the State's Economy A media release for LR 390 sent out by Sen. John Stinner LINCOLN, Neb. – T... More
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