Alert Top Story Defiant, aggressive students disrupting Nebraska elementary school classrooms Joe Dejka Omaha World-Herald Feb 25, 2023 Feb 25, 2023 Updated May 23, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Joe Dejka Omaha World-Herald U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visits Bryan High School in Omaha on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. kAms67:2?46[ A9JD:42= 288C6DD:@? 2?5 5:DCFAE:@? 2C6 E96 >@DE 4@>>@?=J C6A@CE65 DEF56?E 3692G:@C AC@3=6>D :? }63C2D<2 6=6>6?E2CJ D49@@=D]k^AmkAm%92E’D H92E H2D 7@F?5 :? 3692G:@C 52E2 7C@> D:I D49@@= 5:DEC:4ED 24C@DD E96 DE2E6]k^AmkAm%9@D6 3692G:@CD[ 3J 72C[ 244@F?E65 7@C E96 >@DE 5:D4:A=:?2CJ C676CC2=D — 72C >@C6 E92? 3F==J:?8[ 92C2DD>6?E 2?5 H62A@?D[ H9:49 92C5=J >2<6 2 D9@H:?8 :? E96 6=6>6?E2CJ 52E2]k^AmkAm%96 52E2[ @3E2:?65 E9C@F89 AF3=:4 C64@C5D C6BF6DED[ @776CD 2 C6G62=:?8 =@@< 2E E96 492==6?86D E62496CD 7246 :? E96:C 4=2DDC@@>D] p?5 :E 7C2>6D E96 492==6?86D @7 E96 65F42E:@? 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