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
- 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
- State organization reacts to federal education department layoffs
- State lawmakers hear support to improve school cybersecurity
- Federal cuts to teacher preparation programs disproportionately impact Nebraska students
- Elkhorn residents hope to start orchestra program in local school district
- Nebraska Department of Education provides update on national issues, state mental health training funds
- NU Board of Regents considering policy changes to remove mentions of diversity
- Nebraska experiencing one of the worst flu seasons as cases continue to climb
- Neligh teacher surprised with educator award