Nebraska Public School Advantage News

Nebraska Public School Advantage News

Bovine, One-of-a-Kind Opportunity: UNL Mobile Beef Lab visits North Bend fourth-graders

Bovine, One-of-a-Kind Opportunity: UNL Mobile Beef Lab visits North Bend fourth-graders

April 19, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist There’s hands-on learning, a tried and true method of discovery proven to turn theory into concept. And then there’s hands-in learning. As in hands-in Rudy, a nine-year-old cannulated steer that travels the state providing a once-in-a-lifetime educational opportunity. The first can be fun and, as the rapid spread of experiential learning spreads...Read More

Talent Explorers: HUMANeX Ventures breaks through capability boundaries

Talent Explorers: HUMANeX Ventures breaks through capability boundaries

April 5, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist Over 230 students from more than 20 schools formed a massive rectangle, lining the four interior walls of the Nebraska Innovation Campus convention center in order from shortest to tallest. Waverly High School junior Tanner Wubbels, a 6-5 standout basketball player for the Vikings, stood near the southeast corner, a full head above most of the room...Read More

Teachers are Learners, Too: Professional development a focus in ESU 4

Teachers are Learners, Too: Professional development a focus in ESU 4

March 27, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist Learning doesn’t begin, nor end, in the pages of a dusty textbook, as life reminds us all at times. Sometimes, however, the process does make a return to the classroom. Just ask a teacher. When the bell rings, as students sling their backpack full of scribbled notes, covered textbooks and worn-down No. 2 pencils over their shoulders and flood the...Read More

Every Student, Every Day: A motto to live by in York Public Schools

Every Student, Every Day: A motto to live by in York Public Schools

March 15, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Director York Dukes wear many hats. No two students are the same. The student body would stand no chance of fitting under one metaphoric umbrella, not that the administration would wish to try and make that happen. In York Public Schools, individuality is celebrated and specialized instruction is the cornerstone of education. Every Student, Every Day. That’s...Read More

Building a Bluejay: Ashland-Greenwood's culture shift opens doors to kindness

Building a Bluejay: Ashland-Greenwood's culture shift opens doors to kindness

February 14, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist School culture gone wrong is never an easy fix. It’s hard to cultivate a uniform, school-wide front of positivity, mostly because one wouldn’t know where in the wide, wide world of education to start. Four years ago, Brad Jacobsen stared at a list of names. The sheet of paper contained 15-20 middle-schoolers and 20-30 high school students in...Read More

Beyond the Curriculum: Cozad's Maker Fair bonds students with staff and community

Beyond the Curriculum: Cozad's Maker Fair bonds students with staff and community

February 7, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist There’s a person behind the teacher, and there’s a person behind the student. Beyond the syllabus, books, numbers and homework assignments you’ll find hobbies, interests and skills that don’t always have a place, or a time, in the classroom. For two days, students at Cozad High School venture past curriculum into a world of fantasy baseball drafts...Read More

The Coolest Cow in School: Cross County ag students await Rosie's calf

The Coolest Cow in School: Cross County ag students await Rosie's calf

February 3, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist Rosie is a star at Cross County High School. She’s the subject of many hallway conversations, and the camera follows her every move. Literally. Her ‘round the clock video stream draws a healthy audience. She’s a sensation in the Cross County community, from Stromsburg to Benedict. Rosie is the coolest cow in school. *** A rural school 15 miles...Read More

A Caring Culture at Conestoga Elementary

A Caring Culture at Conestoga Elementary

January 20, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist “Think about all of the educators you’ve had in your life,” Dr. Beth Johnsen says during every interview, a lead into the most significant question she will ask each prospective teacher. “Are some teachers better than others?” It's not a trick question. Johnsen is looking for one answer. “Yes, so when they say that right away, that’s what I want to...Read More

Kearney's Katie Mathews named 2016 National Distinguished Principal from Nebraska

Kearney's Katie Mathews named 2016 National Distinguished Principal from Nebraska

January 11, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist The daughter of educators, Katie Mathews grew up playing school with her best friends, helping her mom in the classroom and attending high school activities with her father. When the time came to choose a profession, Mathews did her due diligence. “Although I explored other career options, I knew when I began my coursework in elementary education...Read More

New School Law: Trio of Lincoln lawyers stand in the corner of Nebraska's public schools

New School Law: Trio of Lincoln lawyers stand in the corner of Nebraska's public schools

January 9, 2017
By Tyler Dahlgren NCSA Communications Specialist Three lawyers working in the education section of a large firm had an idea. No, this isn’t the set-up for a bad attorney joke, but rather the beginning of Lincoln-based KSB School Law, a hip and unorthodox firm that fights its battles for the good of public education. “We had always dreamed of forming a school-specific firm,” said Karen Haase, an...Read More

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