LINCOLN — Norah Schmidt loves reading, particularly dystopia and romance novels, but the high school senior recalls when that wasn’t always the case because of a learning disability: dyslexia.

Norah, 17, remembers being pulled out of class for timed readings where staff would hold a stopwatch and track how quickly she could read and if she was close to her peers.

I am writing in response to the recent article on the “Opportunity Scholarship” and the significant opposition it has generated among Nebraskans. I write from my experience as a parent who had children in both private and public schools, an education professional, a mother of a student with a disability, and the President of The Arc of Nebraska (Nebraska’s largest membership organization for people with disabilities and their families) board.

Turning red-hot lava from an active volcano into electricity would be dangerous and unreliable. Volcanoes don’t erupt on predictable schedules, and lava cools too quickly. But many countries, including the U.S., have found ways to tap volcanic heat to make electricity.