by Kylie Gumpert | Mar 24, 2020 | Education
Help your kids adjust in the wake of COVID-19 Check out these educational resources and activities to keep your student occupied, entertained and most importantly, learning. ; Resources & Activities Podcasts Local Groups to Follow Parenting Guidance Raise Me to...
by Brayton Hagge | Mar 13, 2020 | Education
What's Raise Me to Read? The Campaign For Grade Level Reading, locally called Raise Me to Read, comes to Omaha. ; A Q&A with Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Experts In 2019, the Omaha metro became the first community in Nebraska to join the nationwide Campaign...
by Brayton Hagge | Nov 6, 2018 | Education, Event
For the 2nd year, educators join together to share solutions for chronic absenteeism ThereEveryDay.com On Thursday, October 4, we were thrilled to host our second annual “Attendance Matters” conference in partnership with the School Based Attendance Coalition. More...
by Kylie Gumpert | Sep 11, 2018 | Education
Local organizations work together to remove barriers to good attendance. In the Omaha-Council Bluffs area, approximately 18,500 – or 14 percent of students – are absent enough days throughout the school year that absence alone puts their academics at risk. Of course...
by Bekah Noxon | Jun 14, 2018 | Education
Encouraging students to read in the summer to keep them on track. Did you know when kids are out of school in the summer, they can fall behind and not be as prepared for the next school year? This is called “summer slide,” which can occur because...
by Bekah Noxon | Mar 1, 2018 | Crisis Intervention, Education, United Way of the Midlands
Empowering women through leadership and strategic investments. March is a busy month! It’s a time when people are in the throes of filing their taxes, planning spring break with the family and getting excited about the upcoming warm weather. This month is also time...