Schools from across state compete at LPS Marching Band Invitational

Officials said the student did not realize they had brought a real handgun to the school. No injuries were reported.

A new program at the junior-senior high school pairs every seventh and eighth grader — 107 in total — with a high school mentor.

Superintendent Paul Gausman announced this week he was dropping the "interim" tag from Vann Price's title as associate superintendent of human resources.

The complaint filed by the Sioux City Board of Education, which accuses Paul Gausman of bribery, became public when the LPS superintendent sued his former district.

School boards are required by state law to appraise superintendents twice in their first year.

Employees of Papillion La Vista Community Schools who stick around through next school year will be eligible for a stipend up to $3,000, the school board decided Monday.

The number of teachers new to Lincoln Public Schools — whether straight out of college or from another district — has ticked up since 2019.

Pillen’s plan would increase Nebraska's K-12 education funding next year by $270 million, or 21%. And it would raise its 49th-in-the-nation ranking in state tax-dollar support for schools. 

A $915,000 grant will place 25 nurses across UNMC’s five campuses at K-12 schools later this semester through the newly created School Nurse Scholars program.

Patrick Bentzinger said his mother, who had won reelection in November, had dealt with health issues following a stroke last year.