Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held the organization’s first-ever Virtual National Leadership Conference. Instead of gathering in-person, students joined an online platform July 7-9, 2020, blending virtual reality and gaming technology to transform FCCLA’s National Leadership Conference into a dynamic, “on-demand” virtual experience. This year’s historic Virtual...

BIO, PHOTOS AND VIDEO: https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/educators/view/leslie-mcintosh Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca (SDA) Middle School reading and English Language Arts (ELA) teacher Leslie McIntosh has spent nearly her entire life in this community, and today, her commitment to her classroom and students earned her the very first Milken Educator Award in SDA Public Schools. The Award...

Team Nutrition Curriculum Training Webinars Designed for the Classroom   Discover MyPlate Part I Module Discover MyPlate is fun and inquiry-based nutrition education curriculum that fosters the development of healthy food choices and physically active lifestyles during a critical developmental and learning period for young children. Kindergarten teachers can meet education standards...

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,...

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) publishes practice guides to share rigorous evidence and expert guidance on addressing education-related challenges. Each practice guide is developed by a panel of experts, and each recommendation is connected to supporting evidence. In collaboration with REL Central at Marzano Research, the Nebraska Department of...

Essential Questions How do taxes transfer resources from private to public use? Background In 1781 in an attempt to establish a new government after the Revolutionary War, the former colonists adopted the Articles of Confederation. Because the Americans thought that they were taxed excessively by the government of King George...

The Nebraska Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) met for the 72nd annual State Leadership Conference April 7-9 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. More than 1,300 students and advisers from 85 Nebraska schools traveled to Lincoln to develop their personal leadership and future careers with Nebraska FCCLA....

Modifying recipes and menus to meet the Dietary Guidelines By carefully purchasing foods, preparing foods in different ways or substituting ingredients, diets can be made healthier. Here are some suggestions for reducing the fat, sodium and sugar, and increasing the amount of fiber in recipes. Remember, diets of children less...

Planning and Curriculum You for Youth (Y4Y) Overview, David McConnell, 9/1/2022 September 1, 2022 – You for Youth (Y4Y) Overview You for Youth (Y4Y) is the online professional learning and technical assistance portal for 21st CCLC programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Join this session to learn how to...

Nebraska educator boosts student reading scores and STEM savvy at North Bend Central Elementary Got Chocolate Milk? For fifth-graders in Becky Streff's class at North Bend Central Elementary, that was the burning question in their new persuasive writing unit. Students researched and argued the pro and cons of chocolate milk...

Over the past several years Nebraska has been strengthening its commitment to its youngest children, and for good reason. Research on brain development shows that the first five years of life are incredibly important to long-term child development. The federal Preschool Development Grant is an opportunity for Nebraska to bring greater coherence and...

Program improvement expected from integrity initiative Fraud. Embezzlement. Money laundering. Those are the kind of things you might expect to find in a crime novel or television show - certainly not in a child care setting. But that is exactly what has been found in nationwide audits of the Child...

More than 350 youth members and adult sponsors from 30 chapters from across the state gathered for the annual Nebraska Educators Rising (EdRising) State Leadership Conference on March 5, 2024 in Fremont on the campus of Midland University. This conference provided students opportunities to engage in breakout sessions, participate in...