Nebraska Public School Advantage News

Nebraska Public School Advantage News

Fridays for the Future: Work-based learning puts seniors in northeast Nebraska a step ahead

Fridays for the Future: Work-based learning puts seniors in northeast Nebraska a step ahead

November 2, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren Part One: “I can’t believe what I just saw” The baby had just been delivered, a successful C-section on a Friday morning at MidWest Health Partners in Norfolk, and midwife Jen Weinandt glanced at Meghan McCracken and smiled. “The stars in her eyes were amazing,” said Weinandt. “I think she’s in the right field.” McCracken had just witnessed a magical moment, the first of many...Read More

Back in Class: Keya Paha County principal pulls double duty during math teacher search

Back in Class: Keya Paha County principal pulls double duty during math teacher search

October 25, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren The near and far search for a math teacher was starting to wear on the administrative team at Keya Paha County Schools. They’d made all the calls and exhausted every option. There wasn’t a qualified candidate out there who wanted to come to the rolling Sandhills. At each dead end sat more frustration. Unfortunately, rural school districts are no strangers to this song and dance...Read More

2021 Disability Employment and Inclusion Awards held in Lincoln

2021 Disability Employment and Inclusion Awards held in Lincoln

October 13, 2021
Five Nebraska VR partners received awards for their role in creating inclusive workplaces and advocacy for disability employment. The 2021 Disability Employment and Inclusion Awards highlight the successful partnership between Nebraska VR and the businesses and communities they serve. Nebraska VR offers individualized services to help people with disabilities find employment consistent with their...Read More

ESU #13 Special Education Department Opens Little Free Library

ESU #13 Special Education Department Opens Little Free Library

October 11, 2021
SCOTTSBLUFF, NE, (October 7, 2021) – Little Free Libraries are a global phenomenon. The small, front-yard book exchanges number more than 100,000 around the world in over 100 countries-from Italy to Brazil to Japan. Now, a new Little Free Library located in the circle drive at Educational Service Unit #13 will join the movement to share books, bring people together, and create communities of...Read More

The Kings of Summer: With vacation dwindling, Hastings Little League just kept winning...all the way to Williamsport

The Kings of Summer: With vacation dwindling, Hastings Little League just kept winning...all the way to Williamsport

October 5, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren It’s late September, a month since 10 ballplayers from Hastings saw their wild ride to the Little League World Series come to an end, and Hunter Nepple can still close his eyes and feel the dirt beneath his cleats. “You’ve never played on an infield that perfectly smooth or grass that perfectly trimmed and green,” said Nepple, a shortstop and one of Hastings’ ace pitchers. “You...Read More

School tours of the State Capitol are a rich tradition that fill Nebraska's most iconic building with life, wonder and awe

School tours of the State Capitol are a rich tradition that fill Nebraska's most iconic building with life, wonder and awe

September 29, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren The steps on the State Capitol building’s north-side seem to go on forever. Nebraskans, young and old, have stomped, climbed and trudged that flight since construction of the Capitol, a remarkable feat in its own right, finished in 1932. Once at the top, they all do the same thing, no matter their business in the state’s most iconic structure. They look up. Four-hundred feet up...Read More

ESU 16's Listening Tour a "refreshing" experience for Central NE school districts

ESU 16's Listening Tour a "refreshing" experience for Central NE school districts

September 15, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren The question from the team at ESU 16 nearly caught Brady Public Schools superintendent James McGown off guard. “What can we do for you?” School districts, McGown explained, are a service industry. They’re often the ones posing such questions, prying for specific needs and searching for supports specialized to every single one of their students. When the ESU 16 Listening Tour...Read More

Louisville's nationally-recognized SkillsUSA chapter sets students on the pursuit of a passion

Louisville's nationally-recognized SkillsUSA chapter sets students on the pursuit of a passion

September 14, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren Jesse Zweep stands in the doorway of his classroom at Louisville High School, underneath a string of state championship banners, and waves me in. I’m here in this rock quarry town of just over a thousand people to tell the story of a SkillsUSA chapter that has enjoyed an eye-opening string of success in recent years, and Zweep, who started the program in 2007, is my point of...Read More

Friday Night Lights Return to Clarkson: Town rich with football tradition hosts first game in 10 years

Friday Night Lights Return to Clarkson: Town rich with football tradition hosts first game in 10 years

September 9, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren It was about half an hour before kick-off when Mitch Beeson heard the familiar sounds of a pick-up football game breaking out between a rowdy pack of grade-school kids. The Clarkson-Leigh senior, a standout on both sides of the ball for the Patriots, paused mid-stretch and, for a moment, just listened. Friendly banter turned to laughter, football in its purest form...Read More

After 50 years downtown, NDE is moving east to a spacious "one-stop shop for services and programs"

After 50 years downtown, NDE is moving east to a spacious "one-stop shop for services and programs"

September 7, 2021
By Tyler Dahlgren After half a century operating from its downtown home on the sixth floor of the Nebraska State Office Building, NDE is heading east to wide open spaces and an abundance of possibilities. The department’s new headquarters at 500 S 84th St, just south of O Street, will be a one-stop shop for services and programs, said State Board Relations and Rules and Regulations Officer Dr...Read More

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