Jolie Peal
Reporter
Jolie Peal joined the newsroom as the education reporter in 2023. Previously, she interned at Hail Varsity covering sports and worked for The Daily Nebraskan covering news and culture. Outside of reporting, you can find the Nebraska native hanging out with her cat Dorothea, seeing new movies, reading and listening to Taylor Swift — and yes, her cat is named after a Taylor Swift song. Jolie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Recent News Stories
- Nebraska after-school, summer programs wait for more than $6 million in federal funds
- About $40 million in federal funds withheld from Nebraska schools
- Nebraska food bank representatives concerned about cuts to SNAP, medical programs
- Schools in Douglas, Sarpy counties see improvements in attendance with 'School as Hub' model
- NU regents considering 5% tuition increase after receiving smaller-than-requested state appropriation
- Nebraska teacher named Braille Institute’s Teacher of the Year
- ‘It is everything’: Parents, advocates say Head Start offers more than child care
- State Board of Education narrowly passes school menstrual product program
- Northeast Nebraska school misused more than $300,000, state auditor report shows
- Nebraska company aims to improve student math proficiency
- Mentorship program improves child care gap in central Nebraska
- NU president reflects on first year leading university, discusses future opportunities
- A few small steps for Nugget, a giant leap for Doane engineering students who designed pup prosthetic
- Advocates rally to support federally-funded child care program
- Kearney police chief to lead Nebraska State Patrol
- A Nebraska boy was bullied and called a ‘cotton picker.’ His mother is demanding accountability
- ‘I'm going to treat it like a celebration’: One year after tornado, some are rebuilding while others moved away
- Nebraska Department of Education plans to sign federal anti-DEI program memo
- Nebraska communities still recovering from 2019 floods
- State education department waiting for clarity on DEI directive, among other federal issues
- Nebraska Department of Education loses $9 million in unspent COVID funds
- Nebraska organizations react to order aiming to dismantle the US Department of Education
- USDA cut impacts Nebraska food producers, schools
- Schools, state legislature unsubscribing to student cell phone use
- Federal government investigating UNO for ‘race-exclusionary practices’ in graduate program