Nebraska Op Cashes In On Educational Data It all started last November, when Galaxy approached the nebraska Department of Education to ESUs 3, 4, 5 and 6) that served more than 60 k12 schools in the http://www.cedmagazine.com/ced/9710/9710b.htm
Extractions: By Leslie Ellis W HEN GALAXY CABLEVISION UNDERTOOK A NETWORK UPGRADE two years ago, it seemed a logical way to save on costs by consolidating headends. This month, that upgrade turns into a moneymaker, too, as Galaxy starts collecting state funds from the Nebraska Department of Education for distance learning and high-speed data services. The paycheck is large: One-time fees of roughly $60,000 per school from 30 participating schools, and about $279,000 per year in recurring fees collected from the aggregate schools. Galaxy, headquartered in Sikeston, Mo. runs 550 cable systems in 16 states. In Nebraska, the MSO has been routinely interconnecting its 95 systems there, collapsing a widely-scattered topology into seven or eight system clusters per headend. More recently, Galaxy's upgrade surpassed the predictable and also became a tale of how it and a vendor partner seized an opportunity, then fought to keep it. It all started last November, when Galaxy approached the Nebraska Department of Education to see if there were any fits between local schools' needs and Galaxy's upgraded networks. It turned out to be a well-timed call. The state was in the midst of planning how to interconnect four educational service units (ESUs 3, 4, 5 and 6) that served more than 60 K-12 schools in the same region.
Western Nebraska Distance Learning Governing Board to the group based on his proposal of establishing a highend Internet based computer network in western nebraska that would connect k-12 schools, the ESU s http://dl.esu13.org/WNDLCDec2002.htm
Extractions: Western Nebraska Distance Learning Governing Board Tuesday, December 3, 2002 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via DL at ESU #13, Chadron High School, Bridgeport High School, Potter-Dix High School Members Present: Schools Absent: Banner County, Bayard, Crawford, Gering, Gordon, Hemingford, Mitchell, Scottsbluff, Sidney AGENDA Meeting called to order at 11:03 a.m. by WNDLC Coordinator B.J. Peters. Notice of this meeting was posted on the WNDLC website November 20, 2002. Update on new members and connections - Report from Roger Wess - Chadron State College - Dr. Roger Wess of CSC presented a report to the group based on his proposal of establishing a high-end Internet based computer network in western Nebraska that would connect K-12 schools, the ESU's and the higher education institutions in the region. This proposal would help all parties pool technical resources and invest in a central server system that would hold all the technical resources such as software and other digital tools that schools could access. Technology will be able to supply resource tracking, record keeping, communication, assessment, access to information, matching instructional materials with ability and learning style, etc. Dr. Wess was not asking for any action at this time but wanted to share this information. He will be putting together a planning committee in 2003 to determine needs and consider grant options for funding. 4. E-Rate Update -
K12 Earth Science Education Listservs --DLESE Community and organizations interested in supporting k12 Earth science of Science (NATS), University of nebraska-Lincoln New IRIS Seismographs in schools The mission is http://dlesecommunity.carleton.edu/k12/listservs/
Extractions: Listservs for Specific Content Areas Contribute a Listserv This web site provides information about Earth science/Geoscience education listservs in the United States. If you are new to using listservs check out our Listservs for Beginners page. Contribute a listserv here Please return periodically as we add information about additional listservs. Please let us know of any listservs that should be added to this page Thomas McGuire
2003 Grantees : 2003 BFA Grantees In Nebraska Wyoming. 2003 nebraska Grantees. In 2003, the Beaumont Foundation of America awarded technology equipment grants to three sites in nebraska. k12 schools. http://www.bmtfoundation.com/bfa/us/public/en/yearbook/2003grantees/nebraska.htm
Extractions: Introduction Alabama Alaska California ... N. Dakota Nebraska New Mexico New York Oregon S. Dakota ... Wyoming In 2003, the Beaumont Foundation of America awarded technology equipment grants to three sites in Nebraska. K-12 Schools Harvard Public School, Harvard Community Organizations Urban League of Nebraska, Inc. Community Technology Center (ULCTC), Omaha Salvation Army Affiliates Lincoln Corps Community Center, Lincoln Search Feedback
Agent K-12 - State Information nebraska Unveils Pilot for Future Health Workers, News in Brief, April 30, 2003. 1,296, Public schools, 21,000, Public school teachers. 285,000, Prek-12 students. http://www.agentk-12.edweek.org/state_page.cfm?stateabbrv=ne
Extractions: Remember, it is critical that your project matches the funder's guidelines. You will waste both your time and the grant-maker's if you submit a proposal that does not match the grantor's funding initiatives. The SchoolGrants focus is primarily schools within the United States. There are, however, often opportunities available that extend to our Canadian neighbors. Most of such opportunities are found on the Nationwide Opportunities pages. If you know of opportunities that are not listed on the SchoolGrants site, we would appreciate you letting me know about them! It is the SchoolGrants goal to provide as many opportunities as possible to benefit our Nation's children and their schools. This is only possible with your help and assistance.
Official Usa.com: Nebraska Education nebraska Education Organized by state, Colleges, Universities, k12 schools, State Libraries, Research Sites, Subject Index. http://www.officialusa.com/stateguides/nebraska/
Extractions: Business Resources Organized By State, Banking; Banks, Banking, ATM Locations, Savings and Loans. Investing, Accounting, Consumer Resources: Better Business Bureau, Products and Safety, Consumer Reports. Chambers of Commerce, IRS sites and more... Car Rental Nationally Recognized and Trusted Car Rental Companies. Education Nebraska Education Organized by state, Colleges, Universities, K-12 Schools, State Libraries, Research Sites, Subject Index Employment Resources Employment Nebraska . Most Popular Employment Resource Sites on the Net. Find a Job, Post A Job, Get a career, Resumes and Resume Blasters to help get a job (or career) faster. Top 100 Employment Sites, Employment Resources organized by state.
Making The Grade At Nebraska's ESU #3 The network exists to give k12 school systems in nebraska connectivity to one at ESU 3. State law funds Internet services in schools statewide, and http://www.networkcomputing.com/608/608center.html
Extractions: It should take less time to downoad than the gif! C omputer networks are entrenched in business, government, industry and universities, but how are they faring in K-12 schools? A recent report by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, "Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection," estimates that while 75 percent of public schools in the United States have access to local or wide area networks and other telecommunications and 35 percent have access to the Internet, only 3 percent of instructional rooms (such as classrooms, labs and media centers) are connected to the Internet. Yet, Educational Service Unit #3 (ESU #3) in Omaha, Neb., has defied statistics by providing 19 public school districts in eastern Nebraska with network connectivity and Internet services where one might least expect itin the classroom. ESU #3 is an intermediate service agency funded by the state that provides an array of supplementary educational services to K-12 school districts. ESU #3's functions include computing services and technical support. In this role, it links 90 buildings in a wide area network that spans four counties, 54,000 students, 4,000 teachers and several hundred admi nistrators. "The network exists to give K-12 school systems in Nebraska connectivity to one another and the Internet," says Don Ferneding, systems manager at ESU #3. State law funds Internet services in schools statewide, and ESU #3 has been aggressive in making connectivity a reality for 90 percent of the classrooms in its region using dedicated 56-Kbps links, T1 connections and dial-up services.
Doane College - Educational Leadership Program candidates for positions as school assistant principals and principals in nebraska. of school leadership to support teaching and learning in k12 schools. http://www.doane.edu/grad_programs/education/educational_leadership.asp
Extractions: Educational Leadership The Master of Education in Educational Leadership began in the summer of 1996 and is designed to prepare school principals to meet the challenges of today's schools. The program was developed collaboratively with practicing school administrators in Nebraska and utilizes recommendations from the National Policy Board for Educational Administration. The program in Educational Leadership prepares candidates for positions as school assistant principals and principals in Nebraska. It is designed to help participants manage change and create collaborative action on behalf of teaching and learning. It consists of a series of integrated courses and experiences focusing on the various dimensions of school leadership to support teaching and learning in K-12 schools. Through classroom learning, experiences in the field, reflective activities, and action-based research, students will move to an increasingly complex understanding of the role of leaders in today's schools.
Extractions: Lt. Gov. Dave Heineman and other Nebraska officials on Monday announced the launch of Network Nebraska, a statewide telecommunications initiative. Grand Island is one of the towns included in Phase 1 of the initiative, which will affect schools, hospitals and local governments. Heineman said connectivity was perhaps the initiative's greatest benefit, particularly for K-12 schools.
Notes.html Coding of several openend questions about making nebraskas state tax When asked if local k-12 schools, local governments or state government could spend http://www.unomaha.edu/uac/releases/old/surveyjanuary2002.html
Extractions: The survey, an initiative of NebraskaPolicyChoices.Org , focused on Nebraska state budget issues. A fall 2001 special session of the Nebraska Unicameral cut $171 million from the state general fund. An additional $51 million in cuts remain to be made during the current legislative session, which began Jan. 9, 2002. Two objectives drive the survey. They are to: 1. Provide accurate, non-partisan information on citizen preferences that can be used to inform legislative and other leaders as they make budget choices; 2. Educate survey participants about state budget issues, thus enhancing the ability of Nebraskans to engage and participate in decision-making processes. The survey was designed to be conducted in two stages. The first stage involved approximately 400 Nebraskans with Internet access in completing the survey during the Jan. 14-20 period. On Jan. 28, results from the first survey group were summarized and posted on the NebraskaPolicyChoices.Org web site. They also are listed below. In the second stage, all interested Nebraskans with Internet access are invited to go online and complete the same survey taken by the first group of Nebraska Internet users. Respondents to the first survey (released Jan. 28, 2002) were drawn from a group of 10,000 Nebraska Internet users. These Internet users were identified by DiscoverWhy Inc., with many of them participating in past Internet studies. An initial e-mail invited the 10,000 Internet users to participate in the state budget survey by visiting a URL where the study was hosted. Respondent totals were as follows:
Nebraska Green Party In nebraska, the Employment and Investment Growth Act, commonly referred to as of recent budget cuts, including Reducing state aid to k-12 schools by $22 http://www.nebraska.greens.org/lb775.html
Extractions: It's been called the second war among the states. In competing for new jobs and investment dollars, Statehouses set aside hundreds of millions in tax breaks for U.S. corporations. But if the war were truly waged among the states, you'd expect some states to lose and others to win. Instead, every single state is losing - some more painfully than others - and corporate America is winning.
Extractions: CHICAGO, June 25, 2001 In its second round of grants from the Palm Education Pioneer (PEP) program, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announces it is awarding $2.3 million in Palm(TM) handheld units to elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities to enable innovative teaching and learning, and to gain insight into how handheld computers affect teaching and learning. This research will help determine best practices for integrating handhelds into curriculum and teacher training. Palm named the grant recipients on the opening day of the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) here at McCormick Place. Palm, a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, awarded grants to 87 individual K-12 classrooms and nine "research hubs" for a total of more than 175 classrooms. The first PEP grants were awarded to 15 K-12 schools in January. SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning (CTL) in Menlo Park, Calif., administers the program, and develops and conducts evaluations to study the learning uses, experiences and effectiveness of Palm handhelds for teaching and learning. "We believe that partnering with educators in doing research on the best practices and impact of handheld computers in education is one of the most important projects we can undertake," said Mike Lorion, vice president of education markets at Palm, Inc. "Research from PEP grants gives educators valuable insight into how handheld technology can be used in teaching and learning. This information helps us to create tools that evolve with the needs of education. We added new research hubs to broaden our research and also extend some studies into the college pre-service and in-service environment."
Nebraska The nebraska Educational Television Network (NETV) uses Neb*Sat to provide informational and distance learning programming to k12 schools statewide. http://www.benton.org/publibrary/state/nebraska.html
Extractions: Nebraska's telecommunications network infrastructure is among the best in the country: fiber optic cables connect all 93 of the state's counties with digital technology. State officials estimate that 99 percent of Nebraska's population has access to advanced telecommunications services, since all of its communities are served by digital switching. Citizens, governments, and businesses have put this infrastructure to use in many ways. Omaha, for example, is often cited as the center of the nation's telemarketing industry. Local government and industry analysts expect improvements to Nebraska's information infrastructure to take the form of policy changes and educational measures rather than additional infrastructure construction projects. The legislature created the Nebraska Information Technology Commission to develop a statewide strategy to ensure that the telecommunications infrastructure needed to remain competitive was planned, coordinated, and put in place in a timely fashion. The commission's final report, released in November 1994, outlines desired policy changes that would recognize the impact of and take advantage of telecommunications technology. The report recommends educating citizens about how to use the technology and expanding the uses of the state's well-developed network infrastructure. Nebraska deregulated its telecommunications market in 1987, far ahead of many other states. This early deregulation is probably one of the reasons Nebraska succeeded in building an extensive, sophisticated telecommunications access system. The state government is the largest single consumer of telecommunications services. Although 42 different companies provide telephone services in the state, the government has been able to leverage its market share to create the incentives for private telecommunications companies to invest in infrastructure: the cost of infrastructure development has been borne entirely by the private sector. State service contracts help providers recover costs, however. The state has often agreed to contracts of up to ten years to demonstrate its commitment to private sector development.
Welcome To The Nebraska Department Of Education Text Version. This website best viewed using IE, ( Internet Explorer) Special Populations. SESIS Online . Know Your schools. 30 Easy Steps http://www.nde.state.ne.us/
Grand Island Public Schools Every Student, Every Day a Success. Grand Island, nebraska. http://www.gi.esu10.k12.ne.us/
CIG_K12 - NE K12 Schools 85, Bruning Public schools, , Bruning, Thayer, 68322, CCD. 86, Bruno Public School, -, Bruno, Butler, 68014, CCD. 87, Buchanan Public School, -, nebraska City, Otoe, 68410, CCD. http://www.capitolimpact.com/gw/schlist.asp?sk=A&stfips=31&state=ne&stname=Nebra
CIG_K12 - NE K12 Schools Primary Secondary School in , nebraska. , School District, Web Site, City, County, Zip, CCD. 29, Valentine Elementary schools, , Valentine, Cherry, 69201, CCD. http://www.capitolimpact.com/gw/schlist.asp?state=ne&stname=Nebraska&stfips=31&l
NebraskAccess - Librarian FAQ The bigchalk eLibrary resource is not licensed for K12 schools and Books in Print is not There is no cost for nebraska libraries to register for access to the http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebraskaccess/toolbox/faqlibrarian.html
Extractions: Home Help Toolbox Frequently Asked Questions for Librarians Does my library have to join the NebraskAccess program? Patrons can access NebraskAccess using a Driver's License #. Why do we need to register? Do I have to re-register for the NebraskAccess resources? Do I need new passwords if I already registered for the databases? ... How can I get timely information about NebraskAccess? 1. Does my library have to join the NebraskAccess program? NebraskAccess resources are provided to public, academic and K12 school libraries at no cost. In order to be able to access the databases that are a part of NebraskAccess, libraries must complete a short online registration form . The Nebraska Library Commission purchases subscriptions for the commercial databases on behalf of Nebraska libraries and citizens each year with funding from the State of Nebraska. 2. If patrons can access NebraskAccess using a Driver's License number why does my library need to register? Not all of the NebraskAccess resources are available through the Home/Work login. The bigchalk eLibrary resource is not licensed for K12 schools and Books in Print is not licensed for remote use. Because of these restrictions we can not allow access to them through the Home/Work login. These are valuable resources your library can provide to its patrons by registering for the databases. There is no cost for Nebraska libraries to register for access to the resources.
Comprehensive Plan Chapter 5 the State Department of Education and cooperative ventures to improve communication and cooperation between K/12 districts and schools and nebraskas public http://www.ccpe.state.ne.us/PublicDoc/CCPE/CompPlan/Chapter5.asp
Extractions: CCPE Home Comprehensive Plan Introduction and Overview Chapter 1: Higher Education for Nebraska's Future ... Appendix Three Chapter Five MEETING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION No higher education institution or sector can operate successfully in isolation. To realize its full potential, higher education must extend beyond colleges and universities and forge partnerships with businesses, industries, K/12 schools, government agencies, cultural institutions, communities, and families. Such partnerships offer many benefits to the institutions as well as the State and its citizens. Goals and Strategies Collaboration and partnerships among the States public postsecondary education institutions will improve efficiency and save taxpayer dollars. Beyond the savings, however, collaboration also offers institutions a means to improve quality and enhance the scope of their offerings through integrating learning opportunities, and sharing of expertise and resources. The result of such partnerships will be a network of institutions with distinct roles and missions and unique areas of excellence that work together to ensure that the States higher education needs are met.
