Nebraska education officials were hoping the legislature would come through with funding for plans to improve and coordinate distance learning throughout the state.

State of the States: Education highlights from latest governor's address before the legislature.

Gov. Heineman is calling for a simplified student-measurement system, increased parental involvement, and more-rigorous academic standards to close the achievement gap and increase overall academic performance.

U.S. Ed Secretary DeVos has approved plans for 46 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Still waiting: California, Florida, Oklahoma, and Utah.

A school cook in Nebraska was canned after he mixed kangaroo meat into chili made for students.

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.

Nebraska's education department released an interactive instructional materials map last week, showing what curricula districts have adopted for English-language arts, math, and K-8 science.

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.

The Jets announced on Wednesday that they have signed Lamar Jackson, but no one start frantically wondering what they missed regarding the 2019 NFL MVP. The Lamar Jackson that the Jets signed is an undrafted defensive back from Nebraska rather than the Ravens quarterback. The Jets' Jackson was second-team All-Big Ten last season after recording [more]

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Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin, 1830.

That brings the number of states with approved plans to 44, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Still awaiting the OK: California, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Utah

In remote regions of rural Alaska, both schools and the students themselves have to work harder to put together an education that meets students' needs.

While thousands of students in wildfire-ravaged Northern California resumed classes last week, thousands of others in Alaska stayed home after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Nov. 30.

Victoria Petersen, of the Peninsula Clarion on the Kenai Peninsula, will report on the challenges of rural education, especially in a state as vast as Alaska.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who spent his career as a teacher, principal and superintendent of a rural Alaska district wants to now cut more than a third of the state's K-12 spending.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican who was elected partly because of his experience as a public school educator, proposed a budget this year that would slash more than a quarter of the state's $1.6 billion education budget.

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.

An Alaskan high school exchange program works to promote understanding between the state's urban centers and its remote Native Villages and communities.

A group of high school students from Anchorage spent spring break at a remote Native Village as part of an unusual cultural exchange program in Alaska. See what they learned.

Alaskan schooling developed on many fronts. An illustrated timeline adds historical context for the growth of the state's education system, from the territory’s earliest Native inhabitants to today.

Recruiters already are offering bonuses, free housing, and airfare to entice teachers to their remote districts—and the competition is about to get worse.

When it comes to education, the 49th state faces its own challenges, some of which are unique to Alaska and some that it shares with other rural states. This series explores how cultural and geographic barriers, teacher shortages, historical developments, and more have shaped schooling in Alaska.

Rural schools everywhere struggle to maintain adequate buildings, but the quest for a new school has been especially long and fraught for this remote Old Believer village.

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.

"The current situation may force our hand to adjust our measures of evaluation, and, personally, I think it is beyond time that we push our thinking to include new ideas," says Hanna Skandera.

Wednesday's collection of links.

Marcus Sorensen is using his connections in Sweden to stay ready in case the NHL season resumes.

Thursday's collection of links.

Friday's collection of links.

Armchair travelers can also enjoy 360-degree views of the city's famed Northern Lights

The Beaker man was buried alongside four cowhide "rugs," an eight-inch copper dagger and a wrist guard made of rare green stone

In the hours after disaster struck Anchorage, an unexpected figure named Genie Chance came to the rescue

Fire scientist say that Saskatchewan say Canadian Forest Service is updating their interactive maps every month from May to September this year so people can check the fire map in their region. Saskatchewan is one of the highest chances of fire this year.

For Canadian champion Roman Sadovsky and former Canadian champions Nam Nguyen and Keegan Messing, the Four Continents results will determine who takes the one spot available in the men's event at the worlds.

Canada's Joseph Phan was eighth after a highly competitive men's short program Wednesday at the world junior figure skating championships.

Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the government is evaluating whether to allow the world figure skating championships to go ahead next week in Montreal.

The world figure skating championships, scheduled for March 18-22 in Montreal, have been cancelled because of the spread of COVID-19.