Buffett EC Institute

The Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska believes all children deserve the opportunity to develop, learn, and succeed in life.

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Looking to add books to your home or classroom library? The Buffett Institute has partnered with @Unite4Literacy on a School as Hub book series that features children and families from schools in the Omaha metro.

Digital versions are available here: https://t.co/Tg3weDo7iE

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📰 New blog: Learn how the Little Mustangs program at Meadows Elementary, a School as Hub site in @RalstonSchools, is welcoming young children to their neighborhood school long before Kindergarten.

https://t.co/nid5cnh461

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The Buffett Institute's Dalhia Lloyd and Maurice Bailey from @BoysTown demoed the Reality Coach AI teaching tool at this week's #OMAxAI conference at @UNOmaha.

Learn more about this exciting partnership: https://t.co/Rn0YMdznRQ

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The Buffett Institute is #hiring for two positions, an early childhood specialist (https://t.co/pvNH0lhKuI)
and an office associate (https://t.co/V9n1KI6Ks1).

Use the links to learn more and apply!

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A Lincoln barber is trading trims for diapers. The goal? To make things a little easier for parents, who are already grappling with the high cost and limited availability of childcare in Lincoln.

Read the story 🔗 https://t.co/4KGETsGWxe

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@The74 Learn more about this project: https://t.co/3OeoDNFdgW

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Last week, Buffett Institute staff joined @LaurenWReports from @The74 to visit Head Start classrooms in Norfolk and Fremont, Nebraska to see a five-year, $1.295 million Comprehensive Literacy State Development grant, funded by @NDE_GOV, in action.

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The Buffett Institute's Applied Research team is analyzing preliminary data, which looks very promising. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting project, and an upcoming story from @The74!

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The Child Care Modernization Act has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

It would renew the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program so families can access—and afford—child care.

Read our statement of support: https://t.co/Sh5NNYyV7B

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New from @The74 and @ByEmilyTate: A recent report from the Buffett Institute analyzes early childhood workforce turnover—and what could help keep educators in the field.

https://t.co/KMk4dAgumz

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Join the Center on Early Learning Success on Thursday, June 25, for a Kindergarten transitions webinar based on a new state-of-the-field research brief co-authored by the Buffett Institute's Amy Schmidtke.

Register: https://t.co/B218TIJpvj

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.@BuffettECI's Community Chairs program and campus-community partnerships are helping advance early childhood education, support families and help prepare the next generation of educators through research, training and community-focused initiatives. https://t.co/SsnTtyMR0z

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An international study led by Weiman Xu, with support from @BuffettECI, suggests that positive relationships and effective co-parenting between parents & grandparents are associated w/ stronger social and emotional development in children.

Learn more 🔗 https://t.co/6rXTizp2HA

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Collaboration in action! Principals, teachers, and staff from 11 metro area districts who are part of the Superintendents' #EarlyChildhood Plan are meeting today to share successes, highlights, and lessons learned and plan for the year ahead! @LearnComm

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And he mentions the Educator Expense Deduction, which allows K-12 teachers—but not early educators— to deduct their out-of-pocket classroom expenses from their itemized taxes.

Read more: https://t.co/L6jpFmTEeV

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.@WalterGilliam is talking about the long history of child care in this country, including centers that cared for the children of working mothers during World War II. #NYCI2026

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Good morning from the Nebraska Young Child Institute 2026 in Kearney Nebraska! We are about to get under way “Building for the Future” #NYCI2026 @NebraskaYCI

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It’s a packed house at the Nebraska Young Child Institute conference in Kearney!

Buffett Institute Executive Director Walter Gilliam will deliver opening remarks. #NYCI2026