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Governor:Dave Heineman
Commissioner of Education:Roger Breed
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:298,500
Number of school districts:256
Number of public schools:1,096
Number of public school teachers:22,345
Unadjusted education spending per student:$11,460
Percent minority students:29.2%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:42.6%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.8%
Percent of English-language learners:6.7%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:39.4%
8th grade math:32.8%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:36.3%
8th grade reading:34.8%

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Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that could force about half the state’s nearly 500 districts to merge with larger ones, closing many small schools along the way.
April 14, 2004 - Education Week
At the request of Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, a Nebraska judge has temporarily blocked an alternative high school aimed at Spanish-speaking immigrants from soliciting or enrolling any students in the state.
January 21, 2004 - Education Week
Elections 2002For the first time anyone in Nebraska can remember, elections for the state school board likely will come down to a recount to decide one winner's seat.
November 20, 2002 - Education Week
Stormy Dean wants to make the ambitious leap from his local school board directly to the governor's office.
October 2, 2002 - Education Week
Nebraska's enactment last week of a new plan of statewide academic standards and assessments leaves Iowa as the nation's lone holdout in the movement to embrace at least some variety of uniform state testing.
April 19, 2000 - Education Week
Nebraska's new property-tax lid has apparently speeded up school district mergers. But whether that result is ultimately deplorable or desirable depends on whom you ask.
September 16, 1998 - Education Week
The Nebraska Supreme Court has handed Boys Town a financial victory, ruling that the state must compensate the venerable private institution for educating wards of the state.
September 16, 1998 - Education Week

Absolute local control would no longer be the mantra of Nebraska schools, under an education bill moving through the legislature this session.

March 25, 1998 - Education Week

Nebraska lawmakers have revamped the state's school finance formula--some say at the cost of forcing small schools to close.

June 11, 1997 - Education Week

In a campaign of conflicting messages and unusual alliances, Nebraska voters might feel they need a score card to keep track of who supports a pair of education-related ballot measures.

October 23, 1996 - Education Week

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