Public Districts The 2024-2025 Title I Nonpublic Consultation Form is now open in the NDE portal. This collection is due on April 30, 2025 and has an audit window from May 1-15, 2025. The Title I Nonpublic Consultation collection is used to meet the ESEA …
Step 5 spotlight: Kids Can reflects on a decade of intentional quality improvement Meet Josh Gillman, chief operating officer, and Jason Albeno, early childhood education director, at Kids Can Community Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Josh and Jason are long- …
Nebraska 1st and 3rd year teachers who completed their teacher preparation program at a Nebraska institution, and school principals of these 1st and 3rd year teachers, were sent an email invitation on February 12, 2025 to complete the 2024-2025 Nebraska …
ESU’s, Public Districts Grant applications are available for family engagement home visitation grants to support Birth-to-Three Services in new or expanding family engagement programs. School districts or district cooperatives can apply in partnership with …
We are thrilled to announce that registration for the 2025 NDE Data Conference is now open! This year’s conference will be held April 8-9 in Kearney, NE, and provide valuable opportunities to learn about changes in data collections and data use, as well as …
1,000 reasons to celebrate Step Up to Quality has achieved an incredible milestone: Over 1,000 providers have taken the steps to enhance the quality of child care in Nebraska! Participating in this program means a commitment to providing quality care in …
News Release February 14, 2025 The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) is pleased to announce encouraging developments in teacher recruitment and retention efforts, as highlighted in the recently released 2024-25 Teacher Vacancy Survey Report. This …
The Future Ready District Technology Profile 2024-2025 collection is now available for public school districts in the NDE Portal under the “Data Collections” tab. An activation code is required to add the collection to portal accounts. PLEASE NOTE – Again …
News Release February 11, 2025 Governor Jim Pillen, Education Commissioner Dr. Brian Maher, Milken Educator Awards Vice President Jennifer Fuller join in bestowing “Oscar of Teaching” on Neligh-Oakdale Jr./Sr. High School teacher Dexter Hanzel Neligh- …
Join us for the Nebraska Data Conference on April 8 & 9, 2025, at the Younes Conference Center South in Kearney, NE! 📅 Dates: April 8 & 9, 2025 📍 Location: Younes Conference Center South, Kearney, NE Don’t miss out on insightful sessions, …
CTE Month Recognition February is Career and Technical Education (CTE) Recognition Month. NDE staff filled the board in on CTE work being done across the state. The board also heard from students and administrators from York High School about the …
Public and Nonpublic The 2024-2025 Counselor and Library/ Media Specialist Not Endorsed collection is NOW OPEN in the NDE Portal. The DUE date for this data is March 14th, 2025. This data collection is used to monitor a staff member’s progress on obtaining …
Public Districts A revised 2024-2025 ADVISER Data Elements document (v9.1) is now available on the ADVISER Resources webpage. The document has been updated with additional guidance – please refer to Appendix A for the list of changes. One major change that …
Nonpublic Schools The 2024-2025 Nonpublic Curriculum Reporting System is now open in the NDE Portal. This collection is DUE on February 28th and has an audit window from March 1-15, 2025. Data in this collection is used to determine instructional unit …
News Release January 29, 2025 Nebraska’s 2024 fourth and eighth graders scored higher than the national average in math and close to the national average in reading. Nebraska students also outperformed most other states across the country in math scores on …
A message for all Systems (including Public, Nonpublic, Special Purpose and Post Secondary schools) that use ADVISER Person ID. An update to the ADVISER Person ID application is planned for release between 12-1pm CST on Friday, 1/24/2025. This release …
Public District and ESU The NDE OSE team is dedicated to assisting districts in retaining high-quality special education teachers. The shortage of special education staff continues to be the highest recorded vacancy on the annual statewide vacancy survey. …
News Release January 17, 2025 Six Nebraska teachers are among 300 nationally selected to receive Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). These winners represent awards for 2021, 2022, and 2023. The Nebraska awardees …
News Release January 16, 2025 Two Nebraska schools are among 65 across the U.S. that have been named 2024 National ESEA Distinguished Schools for the extraordinary success of their students. The National Association of ESEA State Program Administrators ( …
News Release January 15, 2025 The Nebraska Department of Education is requesting proposals for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2025 grant competition. The goal of the 21st CCLC program is to establish or expand community learning centers that …
