Omaha Public Schools/Learning Community
PROBLEM: The Omaha Public School District has been in steady decline for many years now. Costs and top-heavy management are up, and test scores and graduation rates are down. OPS has the second to the last worst achievement gap in the country.
SOLUTION: The children, parents, and this community deserve a top-notch, excellent school system. OPS no longer fits the bill: the news reports, test and graduation rates, etc., just do not track in OPS’s favor. It is time to look at some serious educational reform.
ARTICLES: While OPS often complains about unfavorable reports (See, “Don’t Judge Me” in Editorial section), it is tough to argue with the reports and data we find in our own hometown newspaper.
School Buyouts Become Bonuses, Omaha World Herald 11/06/2011
List of Top Payouts, Omaha World Herald 11/06/2011
Districts Scrambling on Budgets, Omaha World Herald 10/03/2011
Parents Chafe at Truancy Oversight, Omaha World Herald 10/02/2011
Speedy Appeal Sought on Levies, Omaha World Herald 09/29/2011
Learning Community Seeks Stay, Omaha World Herald 09/27/2011
OPS Weighs Redistricting Plan, Omaha World Herald 09/26/2011 ** Check out the Alliance editorial on “Superman” **
Bill Would Trim OPS Board, Omaha World Herald, 09/21/2011
OPS Rift: Dispute Over Control, Omaha World Herald 09/18/2011
National Search for Mackiel Replacement, Omaha World Herald, 08/17/2011
42 NE Schools – Low Achievers, Omaha World Herald 10/23/2010
OPS Needs to Close Gap, Omaha World Herald 08/24/2010
Six Omaha Schools Fail, Omaha World Herald 05/25/2010
Gov. and Mackiel War of Words, Omaha World Herald 05/25/2010
Bump in Transfer Requests-Diversity Takes Time, Omaha World Herald 03/19/2011
Comp Time for Mackiel, Omaha World Herald 03/23/2011
Gov ?? Salary for Mackiel, Omaha World Herald 04/3/2011
Nathan Hale Nat’l Ranking, Omaha World Herald 04/14/2011
National Travel Still OK at OPS, Omaha World Herald, 04/18/2011
Liasions to Help Students, Omaha World Herald 04/21/2011
Grade Changes Omaha World Herald 04/26/11
Arnie Duncan, Omaha World Herald 04/30/2011
Girls Say Ex-Teacher Groped Them, Omaha World Herald 05/17/2011
OPS Cancels GED Program, Omaha World Herald, 05/17/2011
Teacher Union Blasts Governor, Omaha World Herald 5/18/2011
No Report, Omaha World Herald 05/19/2011
OPS Cancels GED Program, Omaha World Herald 05/17/2011
OPS Keeps Abuse-Report Policy, Omaha World Herald 06/07/2011
Sex Assault Trial for Ex-Teacher, Omaha World Herald 06/07/2011
EDITORIALS:
Race to Sanity, by David Brooks 06/04/2010
Truancy Issue in Nebraska, Omaha World Herald 05/01/2011
The ‘Education’ Mantra, by Thomas Sowell 05/10/2011
Remarkable Abandonment, Omaha World Herald 05/18/2011
OPS Policy is Inexcusable, Omaha World Herald 05/27/2011
OPS and Abuse Reporting, Omaha World Herald 06/08/2011
Can’t Wait for Superman, by Alliance Board 09/12/2011
OPS Needs Reform, by Jordan Cash of Platte Institute for Economic Reform 10/05/2011
