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
- Data shows need for after-school programs continues following federal uncertainty
- Nebraska partnering for national research center on advanced education
- Doane, Methodist collaborate for accelerated nursing pathway
- Report shows University of Nebraska in good financial health, questions proposed cuts
- Creighton course aims to help K-12 educators implement AI
- Grand Island middle schools reflect on a 100-year football rivalry. The centennial game did not disappoint
- Lincoln community shares concerns about proposed UNL budget cuts at town hall
- Missing as little as 10% of school can impact test scores and the odds of attending college, study finds
- UNL community members share concerns about budget process during hearings
- ‘Both programs will suffer': UNL music, theater schools facing budget cuts
- UNL faculty members ask regents to pause budget cut process
- UNL budget hearings begin for programs impacted by potential cuts
- As $27.5 million in cuts loom over UNL, students hope to save programs
- Cultural Centers of Lincoln Collaborative starts construction this week on new building
- Gov. Jim Pillen says Nebraska will opt in to federal scholarship tax credit program
- State auditor finds issues in top ABA service providers
- ‘Husker fan with Michigan blood': Family, donor celebrate bone marrow transplant at Nebraska-Michigan game
- Creighton University announces $300 million athletic facilities project
- Doane dual-credit program helps students start education degree early
- 2026 Teacher of the Year hopes to inspire others on untraditional teaching path
- UNL proposing to eliminate six academic programs
- NU enrollment sees decrease in graduate, international students
- Nebraska senators hear concerns about spending, access for autism services
- NU President discusses declining number of international and graduate students, but increases in credit hours
- Providers, families say Medicaid rate cuts hurt autism services