By Tyler Dahlgren We met Tyler Beranek on the second floor of Humphrey High School in late September of last year. The Highway 91 Career Fair had drawn nearly 100 local businesses to the building, and the hallways were shoulder-to-shoulder. Still, you couldn’t miss Beranek. Donning an almost-luminous pink golf polo, the first-year superintendent at the new Lindsay Academy, located just 10 minutes...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren Education is a pillar in the Hastings community, that much is undeniably true. If you need proof, just take a drive around the city of 25,000 Nebraskans that gifted us Kool-Aid and the greatest college football coach of all time. Hastings Public Schools has eight buildings scattered across the community. Hastings Catholic Schools has St. Michael’s Elementary and St. Cecilia...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren For decades, studies have shown that the Science of Reading works for the majority of students. And yet, there has been an ongoing and concerning dip in reading proficiency scores across the country. It’s a conundrum, one the Nebraska Department of Education zoned in on remedying when it released the Nebraska Literacy Project last year. One of the primary goals of the project,...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren Part One: A Total Game Changer You can’t miss the building. You just might not believe you’re in the right place. Highway 26 runs along the north side of Scottsbluff, offering scenic views of the Scotts Bluff National Monument to the south and the serene vastness of the Great Plains to the north. The Scottsbluff Public Schools Education Center stands in the space between, a 177,...Read More