Feb 09, 2014 10:00AM ● By Katie Anderson
This is the month that people rush to buy flowers and chocolates in order to celebrate the love they have found with that “special someone.”...
Jan 27, 2014 12:47PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
Spring semester parent-teacher conferences are coming up soon, but parents wanting to maximize their return on these quick meetings with the...
Jan 19, 2014 04:30PM ● By Katie Anderson
Retaining (or flunking) students who have not mastered the skills and content of a specific grade level in school is not a recommended pract...
Dec 07, 2013 08:45AM ● By Katie Anderson
Social media has become a constant in our daily lives over the past few years. For my generation, Facebook started the trend. Everyone had a...
Nov 01, 2013 02:30PM ● By Bev Carlson
I’ve worked at Lutheran Family Services for well over three years now, and I can pinpoint my toughest day at work.It was the day I was inter...
Sep 24, 2013 10:41AM ● By Bev Carlson
It took me a really long time to get organized. Not this morning or this week—I mean since high school.I was one of those irritating kids wh...
Sep 24, 2013 08:57AM ● By Bailey Hemphill
In the past, a school’s sole purpose was to educate students in reading, writing, math, and other areas. Today, the focus of schools is on t...
Aug 27, 2013 09:16AM ● By Bailey Hemphill
Imagine you’re a child. You spend eight hours at school every weekday, and you return home to an empty house every night. Sometimes, your on...
Aug 16, 2013 07:48PM ● By Katie Anderson
Food allergies are on the rise, and there are many theories as to why.“We are too clean,” says Carlos Prendes, M.D., family medicine physici...
Aug 16, 2013 07:10PM ● By Katie Anderson
Starting a new school can be both exciting and scary. From kindergarten to high school, we all want to feel accepted and fit in with our pee...
Aug 16, 2013 06:59PM ● By Katie Anderson
Gigi and Sofia Shoemaker, Linnea and Dylan Vaughn, Ty Sitzmann, and Mia Spinello of Omaha model their favorite back-to-school fashions as th...
Aug 16, 2013 03:07PM ● By Bev Carlson
Moving up a grade is one thing. Moving up to the next tier is entirely another.The next tier, of course, is the shift between elementary sch...
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