On October 15, approximately 80 state and local level officials convened for an all-day summit on the UNL campus. The group focused on exploring potential state level policy actions to support ELO (Extended Learning Opportunity) programs powered by strong school-community partnerships.…
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NET spotlights foster youth and education
NET’s series The State of Education in Nebraska has covered multiple educational topics since it began – STEM in schools, out-of-school learning, early childhood interventions, among others. On Monday night, the station recorded its latest installment about how to address…
Tagged with: foster care, foster youth, net, project everlast
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Nebraska has much to celebrate during National School Success Month
By Jeff Cole, Associate Vice President of School-Community Partnerships Every September is national school success month. And we at Nebraska Children and Families Foundation think we have quite a bit to celebrate across the state. Our students are fortunate to live…
Tagged with: afterschool, CLC, collective for youth, STEM, summer school
Posted in Middle Childhood, Uncategorized
Posted in Middle Childhood, Uncategorized
STEM at the Nebraska State Fair
This year’s Nebraska State Fair marked a major move of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) awareness into the mainstream .And it’s a sign of things to come. This year and next, you’ll notice that STEM in the news, at…
Nebraska’s First Family Proclaims August Parental Involvement Month
Press Release from governor.nebraska.gov. Gov. Dave Heineman and First Lady Sally Ganem are encouraging parents to be more involved in their children’s education in order to increase a student’s opportunity for educational success. Gov. Heineman has proclaimed August to be…
A night at the movies: Standing Up To Poverty
On Tuesday, July 7, more than 80 people gathered at NET’s community room in Lincoln to screen Standing Up To Poverty. This 30-minute filmed was created by Nebraska Loves Public Schools (NELovesPS.org) with a grant from the Sherwood Foundation. It…
Tagged with: afterschool, community learning centers network, education, ne loves ps, net, OST
Posted in Middle Childhood
Posted in Middle Childhood
Why you should volunteer for Camp Catch Up in August
By Mary Kate Gulick, Content Manager I had my first Camp Catch Up experience in June. The truth is, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going in. And I was terrified the kids I was assigned to wouldn’t like…
Tagged with: camp catch-up, foster care, foster youth
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Middle Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
For your consideration: Could Canada’s Roots of Empathy program work in Nebraska?
By Mary Kate Gulick I walked into the second grade classroom at West Woodland Elementary School in north Seattle with no defined expectations. My sister and her 10-month-old baby girl, Stella, had been participating in “Roots of Empathy” here since…
Tagged with: Child Abuse Prevention, roots of empathy, social emotional
Posted in Cradle to career, Middle Childhood
Posted in Cradle to career, Middle Childhood
Two sisters. One great weekend at Camp Catch-Up
This weekend, Rivercrest Camp hosted Camp Catch-Up. This unique camp reunites brothers and sisters who have been separated by foster care or adoptive placements. Tiffany Cheval and her biological sister Kayli Naeve have attended the camp for the last few…
My Weekend at Camp
By Amy West, Nebraska Appleseed This blog post was originally published at the Nebraska Appleseed Blog in July 2012 and is reproduced here permission from the author. “So, what did you do this weekend?” Usually, I don’t have a great answer…
Growing the Good Life 