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The Private Postsecondary Career Schools (PPCS) The Private Postsecondary Career Schools (PPCS) Section at the Nebraska Department of Education serves as Nebraska's regulatory authority for private career schools, promoting educational quality, accountability, and consumer protection. Through the authorization of private postsecondary career schools and educational programs, oversight of student recruitment...

PurposeVisionMissionPurpose Why? Science is a systematic sense-making process, aimed at figuring out the physical and natural world through observation and investigation. Scientists: look closely, question deeply, think critically, and connect related data and phenomena to identify patterns pay attention to our place as humans in a complex ecosystem defined by...

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...

VisionMissionPurposeVision To support all Nebraska students in achieving their goals in civic, college, and career life by instilling the necessary skills that will provide the courage to ask questions, deepen content understanding, evaluate the past to inform the present, identify issues and propose solutions, and be made fully aware of...

Office of Special Education - Our Purpose To lead the improvement of outcomes for preparing all children and students with disabilities and their families for learning, earning, and living through effective use of data, collaboration, communication, and a framework of differentiated support. Welcome to the 2026-27 School Year! 2026 OSE...

The 2019 Nebraska World Language Standards The Nebraska World Language Standards describe the knowledge and skills that students should learn, but they do not prescribe particular curriculum, lessons, teaching techniques, or activities. These standards create a framework for teaching and learning, and they articulate a trajectory for knowledge acquisition across...

The State Board of Education will meet September 3 and 4, 2026 in Lincoln, NE at The NDE Office Building, Board Room, 500 South 84th Street, Lincoln, NE 68510. The Thursday, September 3, 2026 State Board Work Session begins at 2:30 p.m. and will not be broadcast.  The State Board...

Welcome to the Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Team Webpage The Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Team provides leadership, service, and support to help all learners become contributing and fulfilled members of society by: Providing leadership, content expertise, and technical assistance related to teaching, learning, and assessment; Coordinating processes to develop and...

NebraskaServicesReferralNebraskaMission & Goal To help children and youth meet high academic challenges by overcoming the obstacles created by frequent moves, educational disruption, cultural and language differences, and health-related problems. Ensure that all students reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma (or complete a HSED) that prepares...

DHS Training Course Online: Active Shooter, What You Can Do—The DHS recently released a valuable online training course titled "Active Shooter, What You Can Do (IS-907)," which is accessible through FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI). This 45-minute self-paced course is designed to help individuals recognize and respond to active shooter...

The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) is a unique educational experience for outstanding high school students and an opportunity for motivated student leaders to have direct contact with the highest-level elected and appointed officials in the nation. The USSYP mission is to encourage the best and brightest students in...

MissionVisionPurposeMission Empower educators to engage students in the authentic use of world languages via standard-based instruction to fulfill a range of functions, from expressing personal needs to communicating in the workplace and to establishing strategic relationships across cultures so that they may learn, earn, and live. Vision All Nebraskans are...

Dear World Language Educators and programs in and outside of Nebraska, you are invited to participate in the 2027 Nebraska World Language Week (February 8– 14, 207). There are many ways to participate Languages for All February 8-14, 2027 Distinguished World Language Scholar Awards – Nebraskan students only Distinguished World...

Dear Graduate: You’ve recently passed all the GED® tests? Congratulations on meeting the scoring requirements making you eligible to obtain a State of Nebraska Department of Education High School Diploma! Change of Address? Contact the GED® Testing Service to ask for an update to your account: 877-392-6433 and email your...