There’s a little bit of Nebraska in the Big Apple.
Omaha native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Rachel Mann teaches kindergarten in the South Bronx, New York. In an email to the Omaha World-Herald, she wrote:
“At my school, Brilla College Prep, more than 90 percent of my scholars qualify for free or reduced lunch, so we emphasize the importance of college starting at the age of four. We do this by naming every classroom after a college.