Links to Nebraska Education Organizations & Statistics 

  

  

Administrators: 

Nebraska Association of School Administrators, 

www.ncsa.org  

  

  

Assessment: 

Buros Institute for Assessment Consultation and Outreach, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: 

www.unl.edu/buros/  

  

  

Athletics, Activities: 

Nebraska School Activities Association, 

www.nsaahome.org  

  

  

Bond issue and tax-levy lid override opposition: 

http://web.grinnell.edu/individuals/nelsonp/FAMILY/BondIssueKiller.pdf (Iowa consultant who has successfully led campaigns to defeat school bond issues and tax-levy lid overrides, including a recent one by the Omaha Public Schools)  

  

  

Classical curriculum: 

Christian Heritage Academy, Grand Island 

www.chanebraska.org  

  

  

Collective bargaining, personnel disputes: 

Nebraska Commission on Industrial Relations, 

http://www.ncir.ne.gov/filings&opinions.htm  

  

  

Consolidation of country schools issue, LB 126: 

www.nebraskansforlocalschools.org  

  

  

Database on each individual student: 

http://www.nde.state.ne.us/nssrs/  

  

  

Directory of Nebraska education (schools, personnel, statistics, etc): 

http://ess.nde.state.ne.us/DataCenter/EducationDirectory/20062007/2006-2007Dir.htm  

  

  

Drug and alcohol abuse prevention: 

www.pride.org  

  

  

Early childhood education: 

Statewide study: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ech/ECPolicyStudy.htm  

Head Start: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ECH/HeadStart/nestats.html 

www.NebraskaChildren.org affiliated with www.bornlearning.org 

Examples of quality private preschools in Omaha: 

www.goddardschool.com 

www.primroseschool.com 

www.HamiltonHeightsCDC.com 

  

  

Education spending, K-12: 

Search individual annual financial reports of Nebraska school districts 

http://ess.nde.state.ne.us/ASPX/Search.aspx?id=1  

  

  

Education spending, K-12, in relation to other state spending: 

www.NebraskaSpending.com  

  

  

Educational Service Units: 

http://www.nebraska.gov/education/esu_map.phtml  

  

  

Family / social issues: 

www.nebraskafamilycouncil.org  

www.familyfirst.org  

www.nebraskartl.org  

www.NebraskaChildren.org  

  

  

Federal programs: 

Regional educational lab (disseminates research and methodology): 

www.mcrel.org  

  

  

Finance and reform: 

Nebraska Coalition of Educational Equity and Adequacy: 

www.nebrcoalition.org  

  

  

Gifted: 

Nebraska Association for the Gifted: 

www.nebraskagifted.org  

  

  

Health: 

Pediatric Hints (written by Go Big Ed's own Susan Darst Williams): 

http://www.chsomaha.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5button=42&categoryID=32  

Vision: www.nechildrensvision.org 

  

  

Homeschooling: 

www.omahahen.org (excellent site; note links, lists and resource pages that are of interest to          public and private schoolers as well)  

www.nchea.org (statewide group's annual spring conference in Lincoln is not to be missed) 

  

  

Learning disabilities: 

Learning Disabilities Association of Nebraska: 

ldaofneb@yahoo.com  

  

  

Legislation: 

www.nebraskalegislature.gov  

  

  

Mathematics, international competition: 

www.unl.edu/amc  

  

  

Politics: 

Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission: 

http://nadc.nol.org/  

  

  

Reading: 

Reading First grants: 

http://www.nde.state.ne.us/read/ReadingFirst/PressReleaseRecipients.htm  

  

  

Rural education:
www.nebraskansforlocalschools.org  

www.class-1s-united.org 

  

  

Scholarships: 

(tuition assistance for private K-12 schools from private donors): 

            Children's Scholarship Fund of Omaha, csfomaha@archomaha.org  

(college list compiled by Millard South High School): 

            www.esu3.org/districts/millard/south/guid/currentscholarships.html  

(college resources especially for minorities): 

            www.ronbrown.org/p-sch-nws.htm  

Nebraska Society of Professional Engineers Education Foundation:  

            staff@nebraskaengr.org  

   

   

School boards:  

Nebraska Association of School Boards:  

http://www.nebr-schoolboards.org/NASBmain/index.asp?ver=win  

   

   

School choice:  

http://www.heritage.org/research/education/schoolchoice/Nebraska.cfm  

   

   

Special education:  

Parents' rights, from the Nebraska Department of Education:  

http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SPED/parent/parentrights.pdf  

Links and general information:  

http://nncf.unl.edu/foster/education/ed.html  

   

   

Spending: See Education spending  

   

   

State governance and regulations:  

Nebraska Department of Education: 

www.nde.state.ne.us 

  

  

Nebraska State Board of Education: 

www.nde.state.ne.us/StateBoard/StateBoard.html  

  

  

Nebraska State Legislature's Education Committee: 

www.unicam.state.ne.us/committees/edu.htm  

  

  

Administrative rules and regulations: 

www.nde.state.ne.us/LEGAL/RULES.html 

  

  

Advice for parents from the State: 

www.nde.state.ne.us/30Steps.pdf 

  

  

Teacher discipline: 

Nebraska Professional Practices Commission, 

http://nppc.nol.org/rev.htm  

  

  

Teacher education:  

University of Nebraska College of Education and Human Sciences:  

http://cehs.unl.edu  

   

   

University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Education:  

www.unocoe.unomaha.edu  

   

   

University of Nebraska-Kearney College of Education:  

http://unk.edu/acad/coe  

   

   

Other Nebraska colleges offering education degrees:  

http://www.esu3.org/nebraska/necolleges.html  

   

   

Technology:  

Nebraska Educational Technology Association (NETA):  

http://neta.lps.org  

   

   

Union:  

Nebraska State Education Association:  

www.nsea.org