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...
Four Nebraska schools have been named as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. The U.S. Department of Education recognized the four Nebraska schools for overall academic performance or progress in closing...
The Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska International Language Association have awarded 101 Seals of Biliteracy to 71 Nebraska students this semester. Beside Spanish, the seals are awarded for students in Chinese, French, Korean, and Tamil. The Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy is to honor high school students who have...
The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) will receive a 1-million-dollar grant from the USDA to improve the nutritional health of all Nebraska’s children. The grant will begin in September and will last three years. Through the School Community Engagement and Emerging Practices in Nutrition (SEEN) project, the NDE will engage...
More than 400 Nebraska students, advisers, and guests recently attended the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Nebraska FBLA Middle School and High School members competed June 27- 30 in 79 competitive events and Nebraska FBLA Collegiate members competed June 22-25 in 47 competitive...
Nebraska members proudly represented their schools, communities, and state association at the highly anticipated FCCLA National Leadership Conference (NLC) held at the Colorado Convention Center July 2-6, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. This annual event brought together nearly 8,000 passionate Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) student members, advisers,...
More than 500 Career and Technical Education (CTE) educators and administrators from across the state came together for the 2023 Nebraska Career Education (NCE) Conference hosted in Kearney, Nebraska June 5-8th. The 49th Annual Conference was themed “CTE Without Limits.” The keynote and sessions focused on ensuring all students have...
Free meals are available to all children age one to eighteen at specific sites across Nebraska. Meals are available to children through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture program. The attached 2023 Summer Food Program Sites list shows the sponsors, dates, and times that meals...
Two Nebraska students have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the full class, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. The Nebraska scholars include: NE – Omaha – Abhirup Chandra Are, Millard North...
275 Nebraska students, advisors, and guests recently attended the 2023 DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, FL. Nebraska DECA High School members participated in leadership academies April 22-25 in 59 competitive events. More than 22,000 DECA members from 50 states, as well as U.S. territories and international chapters, attended...
The Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska International Language Association have awarded 101 Seals of Biliteracy to 98 Nebraska students this semester. It is the first time that a Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy is issued for Filipino and Korean. The Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy is a collaboration between the...
The Nebraska Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) met for their annual State Leadership Conference April 2-4 in the Lincoln Haymarket area. Nearly 1,100 students and advisers from 90 Nebraska schools attended the conference to grow their leadership skills, celebrate their accomplishments from the past year, and prepare...
The State Board of Education has selected Dr. Brian Maher as the next Nebraska Commissioner of Education. The decision comes after a nationwide search process that included staff and stakeholder input and interviews with three finalists led by search firm McPherson and Jacobson. Dr. Maher will replace Dr. Matthew Blomstedt...
The Nebraska State Board of Education will interview the following finalists for Nebraska’s next Commissioner of Education at a public meeting on Thursday March 30: Dr. Brian Maher, CEO and Executive Director of the South Dakota Board of Regents, Pierre, South Dakota. Photo, Resume Dr. Melissa Poloncic, Superintendent, DC West Community Schools,...
Two Nebraska graduating seniors have been selected as delegates to the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia (NYSC). Aditi Rai from Elkhorn South High School and Sanika Navalkar from Millard North High School will join delegates from around the country at the event. Rai and Navalkar were chosen for...
