Registration is now open for the 2023 Nebraska MTSS Summit – Hybrid - "Transformations Through Coherence" October 12-13, 2023 Younes Conference Center North Kearney, Nebraska "Transformations Through Coherence" is the theme of this year’s hybrid event, hosted by the Nebraska Department of Education’s Office of Special Education. Participants may attend...

March 19th - Parents are deeply invested in the education of their children.  We’ll discuss the challenges and transformative potential of partnering with passionate parents in the realm of education.   The Nebraska CAFE is an engaging discussion-based webinar series focused on amplifying family engagement in schools throughout Nebraska.  We...

Contact information (State) Ann Carmoney | 402-525-7109 | ann.carmoney@nebraska.gov HOMELESS LIAISON TRAINING (REQUIRED) Homeless Liaison Training The district homeless liaison training can be found at the NDE Canvas site at https://canvas.education.ne.gov/. Completion of the three-module training meets the ESSA requirement for the district liaison and may be used by the...

January 6, 2022 State Board Annual Orientation (9:00 - 11:00 a.m.) January 6, 2022 State Board Annual Orientation (1:00 p.m.) *Please note, the Annual Orientation will not be broadcast January 7, 2022 State Board Business Meeting (9:00 a.m.) Embassy Suites by Hilton Lincoln, Regents Ballroom A, 1040 P Street, Lincoln,...

Activity 2: Skills and Best Practices Sequence of Events Chart "Graphic organizers are perhaps the most common way to help students generate nonlinguistic representations." --Marzano, Robert J., Pickering, Debra J., Pollock, Jane E. (2001). Classroom Instruction That Works. McREL/ASCD. 75. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Pathways to School Improvement: www.ncrel.org. A Sequence of Events...

The Early Childhood Interagency Coordinating Council (ECICC) was established by Nebraska Revised Statutes (Neb.Rev.Stat.) 43-3401 to 43-3403 to advise and assist collaborating agencies in carrying out the provisions of state and federal statutes pertaining to early childhood care and education initiatives under state supervision. This is a public meeting of...

March 19th - Parents are deeply invested in the education of their children.  We’ll discuss the challenges and transformative potential of partnering with passionate parents in the realm of education.   The Nebraska CAFE is an engaging discussion-based webinar series focused on amplifying family engagement in schools throughout Nebraska.  We...

Ecological Approach to Family Style Dining (EAT FSD) is a research initiative at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The EAT FSD approach provides holistic training for childcare providers for meeting the recommendations for feeding young children (2-5 years) to decrease the incidence of childhood obesity. Family style dining (FSD) is a widely...

Important Dates & Deadlines March 1, 2024 Intent to Participate in Perkins V, 2024-2025 form submissions are due May 1, 2024 Amendment submissions for 2023-24 grant due May 22, 2024 2024-2025 Local Application, Budget Request, Capital Assets form and Annual Grant Narrative submission due to NDE through the GMS June...

To support Nebraska schools in transformational school improvement, the NDE has been using the intensive school improvement framework Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement, in alignment with the six tenets of AQuESTT:   Talent Development (AQuESTT: Educator Effectiveness) Professional development with teachers and staff. Examples may include, but are not...

There are four foundational aspects of ECIDS sustainability: broad and deep stakeholder support, widespread use of data and tools, demonstrated return on investment, and long-term commitments of fiscal and human resources. Sustainability is crucial to an ECIDS. Often the system is created using grant funds that are available for a...

The Nebraska Education Profile (NEP) provides information and data about Nebraska public schools and student performance. The NEP highlights the performance of students by district and school building in English language Arts, mathematics, writing, and science as well as performance by groups of students, including race and ethnicity, poverty, special...

3 Taglines which describe focus of work in this area Builds Instructional Partnerships Empowers Students as Creators Curates Digital Resources and Tools   Builds Instructional Partnerships OUTCOME: Partners with educators to design and implement evidence-based curricula and assessments that integrate elements of deeper learning, critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship,...

Nebraska has adopted the Future Ready framework and convened it's own Future Ready Nebraska Council to assist in guiding the Future Ready Nebraska plan forward. The Council is  committed to using their expertise and knowledge to shape and communicate the vision, strategic objectives, and actions intended to transform the digital education...

Nebraska Commissioner of Education Matthew L. Blomstedt joined two other state education chiefs September 25 to testify at the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, The Every Student Succeeds Act: States Leading the Way. Commissioner Blomstedt, Delaware Department of Education Secretary Susan Bunting, and South Carolina Department...