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Proposed national educational guidelines don’t appear to concern Nebraska Education Commissioner Roger Breed.

“The general comment that the teams here in the department have stated is that Nebraska standards, which have recently been revised in math and reading, match up pretty well with the proposed common core standards that were released in draft form.”

The new national guidelines are aimed at moving math and English instruction closer to standards that are more uniform and more rigorous. The public has until April 2nd to comment on the proposed new national standards. Developers of the guidelines hope to publish final education goals for K-12 math and English in May.

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Community colleges coming together to find a solution

by Terry James 03/9/10 6:03 PM

All six Presidents of Nebraska’s community colleges have agreed to meet throughout the next week to come up with a temporary solution to the funding problems. They will be meeting over the next year to come up with a more permanent solution.
“How do we make sure they work it out? We start first of all [...]

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Dr. Seuss remembered as kids launch read-a-thons

by Matt Kelley 03/3/10 4:00 AM

In honor of the birthday of the author of the Dr. Seuss books, hundreds of elementary school students in Nebraska will be taking part in a Cat-a-van today. Paula Monroe, an executive member of the National Education Association, says “The Cat in the Hat” is one focus of this year’s Read Across America program.
Monroe says, [...]

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UNMC Parkinson’s disease research

by Karla James 03/1/10 1:48 PM

It is estimated that one-million people in the U-S currently has Parkinson’s disease. Now there is hope on the horizon for those who currently suffer and for those that may develop the illness. Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have developed a new vaccine that would not cure the disease but could reverse [...]

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Advocates work to ban use of “R-words”

by Matt Kelley 03/1/10 8:43 AM

Supporters of people with intellectual disabilities are planning rallies and pledge drives in Nebraska this week that focus on halting the use of certain words they say are offensive. The second annual “End the R-Word Day” will be held nationwide on Wednesday, according to advocate Joyce Allard.
The group Best Buddies International is helping to increase [...]

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