Early Education Gets Close Look In Panhandle

A new collaborative report - “The Nebraska Panhandle: An Assessment of Birth-Grade 3 Care and Education” - was released at a special luncheon and panel discussion in Gering last Wednesday, April 17.

In attendance were representatives of Educational Service Unit (ESU 13), Panhandle Partnership Inc., the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska, and leaders from 11 Panhandle counties.

The report was based on gathered information from the past four months of focus groups that included more than 200 Panhandle residents throughout 15 communities.

A press release regard...