Take action
to bring real reforms
to K-12 education in Nebraska
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Tell Your StoryEducation opportunity is about helping individuals to reach their goals and potential. Share your story or your children's story to help others understand why it's so important for students to have multiple, affordable educational options.
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Call Your State SenatorState senators are inundated with contact from the teachers' unions and their members. With money from their members' dues, these organizations lobby our state senators constantly in an effort to retain strict control over your education dollars and to make sure that the current public education system maintains the status quo.
You can make a huge difference simply by picking up your phone and calling your state senator. Explain why school choice and education are so important to your family and to all of Nebraska's children. Demand that kids in Nebraska finally gain access to educational options that children in other states have had for decades. If you're not sure who your state senator is, use this search tool. You can also contact the members of the Education Committee to help them understand the need for greater education opportunity for all of Nebraska's children. Members of the current Education Committee include the following: |
Write Letters to the EditorShow your support for Nebraska's K-12 students by writing letters to the editor for local publications.
Make your voice heard in support of tax-credit scholarships, charter schools, education transparency and reform, and other critical issues that affect each child. Send your letters to the Lincoln Journal Star, Omaha World Herald, Grand Island Independent, Kearney Hub, and other Nebraska papers. The following are great examples of letters to the editor that help the general public to understand some of the critical issues in Nebraska education today. Your personal experiences and opinions have the power to affect legislative outcomes, community support, and the future of education in our state. Local View: Celebrate School Choice in Nebraska, June 4, 2017 Charter Schools Are a Valid Alternative for Educating Children, March 22, 2016 The Public Pulse: All Students Deserve Options, September 14, 2017 Midlands Voices: School Funding: Spend Smarter, February 22, 2016 |