Nebraska The Nebraska Association for the Gifted The mission of the Nebraska Association for the Gifted (NEGifted) is to promote quality education and opportunities for individuals with high abilities through proactive leadership and advocacy. National Council for Exceptional Children - The Association for the Gifted From Website: The Association for...

The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) is accepting applications for a grant opportunity that will provide more than $2.2 million in funding though the Nebraska Rural Health Transformation Program to help rural schools improve the quality of school meals. NDE is partnering with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human...

This career cluster prepares for careers in planning, managing and providing scientific research and development, professional and technical services including laboratory and testing services and problem solving for the challenging and ever-changing fields of energy and engineering. For a downloadable handout click here: Energy & Engineering At-A-Glance Typical High School Classes Computer Aided Drafting Engineering...

As a middle school science and English teacher at St. Patrick Catholic School in Lincoln, NE, Lyndsay Hartmann is juggling a lot of balls, sometimes literally. Doing whatever it takes to focus students' attention, Hartmann juggles during her science class to teach students about changing states of energy. And it's...

The U.S. Department of Education released the names of the 2020 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees. Across the country, 39 schools, 11 districts, and 5 postsecondary institutions are being honored for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs,...

The U.S. Department of Education today released the names of the 2021 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees. Across the country, 27 schools, three early learning centers, five districts, and five postsecondary institutions are being honored for their innovative efforts to reduce...

Nebraska DECA members demonstrated exceptional leadership, professionalism, and career readiness at the 2026 International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, joining more than 26,000 DECA members from around the world for the organization’s premier annual event April 27th through the 29th. Students from across Nebraska earned the opportunity to...

The Nebraska Department of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) team is proud to celebrate the state’s dedicated educators and staff who work to offer quality afterschool programs to students during Afterschool Professional Week April 20-24. These dedicated individuals play a vital role in the lives of Nebraska’s...

Skilled and Technical Sciences (STS) consists of four career clusters: Architecture and Construction; Energy and Engineering; Manufacturing; and Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics.  Through hands-on learning, STS classrooms and labs prepare students with the knowledge and skills that are desperately needed to advance to postsecondary education and/or to enter in to...

This diverse career cluster prepares learners for careers in planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products. Careers also include related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering. For a downloadable handout click here: Manufacturing At-A-Glance Typical...

Nontraditional Occupations or fields of work are occupations in which individuals from one gender comprise less than 25 percent of the total individuals employed in each such occupation or field of work. Examples include careers in computer science, technology and other emerging high skill occupations. The Strengthening Career and Technical...

Scott Phillips, a 7th grade math teacher at Aurora Middle School was named the 2024 Nebraska Teacher of the Year during a surprise award presentation today. Nebraska Commissioner of Education Brian Maher presented the award. Phillips was one of three finalists for the Nebraska Teacher of the Year award. Shelly...

The six career fields represent broad sectors of the job market on which students may choose to focus. Each career field is composed of career clusters. The clusters are more specific segments of the labor market. Each cluster is a grouping of careers that focus on similar subjects or similar...

Nebraska Career and Technical Education (CTE) held its first Virtual Symposium on June 9. More than 700 Nebraska CTE teachers, school counselors, administrators, and advocates connected from throughout the Midwest. The virtual symposium highlighted information and resources for the Nebraska CTE education community during this time of uncertainty. Commissioner Matt...

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