Start Early. Start Well.
August 29, 2022
By Erin Duffy When Dr. Dana Suskind takes a child from the arms of their worried parents and heads into the operating room, she knows the great responsibility of p... More
August 22, 2022
Camille Muse gets her face painted at Westside Community Schools' back-to-school celebration. In addition to face-painting and other fun activities, Westside offered fam... More
August 11, 2022
By Duane Retzlaff Marisa Macy has spent her professional life on the move. The Seattle native has worked all over the country—Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texa... More
August 05, 2022
The Reading Is My Superpower program at Millard Public Schools provides families with reading activities they can practice with their children and allows families and ho... More
July 27, 2022
At Educare Winnebago, an early childhood center where roughly 90% of the student population is Native American, educators are getting the chance to learn more of the lang... More
June 02, 2022
The Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska has appointed three new directors: Amy Schmidtke in program development, Dalhia Lloyd in professional ... More
May 26, 2022
The Nebraska Transition to Kindergarten Toolkit and Resource Guide was created to support families, school district staff and Kindergarten teachers, as well as early chil... More
May 24, 2022
New survey findings from the Buffett Institute underscore that for many child care providers, the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a struggle to survive... More
May 18, 2022
7 in 10 Providers Report Staff Members Are Leaving Early Childhood Field Entirely OMAHA, Neb. — The COVID-19 pandemic continues to compound Nebraska’s child... More
May 10, 2022
A new tool to support young children’s transition into Kindergarten is now available to Nebraska families, schools, and communities. The Nebraska Transition to Kin... More
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