By Tyler Dahlgren From the opening scene, the filmmakers at I Love Public Schools lift the audience from the comforts of wherever they’re viewing The Mind Inside: Episode Three and drop them into the middle of a different world. For educators, this world will feel heartbreakingly familiar. The film focuses on North Platte Public Schools, where more than half of the students in the district live...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren For school leaders, a deep examination of data can be a revealing and downright daunting experience. In the midst of a global pandemic, you’re safe to underline the latter part of that statement--maybe even twice. Immersing one’s self in data is exhausting yet worthwhile. Intimidating yet necessary. Participants in ESU 17’s Data Dig last Monday are certain the proof will come in...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren After 16 years spent working in Omaha Public Schools, Jack Bangert came home to Falls City with a clear idea of the culture he planned to foster at his new school. That’s not unique for principals entering a new district. Bangert’s model, however, is quite unique. In all the right ways. “Any principal, when they take a job, they want to create a culture,” Bangert, now in his...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren Out of a year unlike any before it came an unbelievable number of inspiring, uplifting and heartwarming stories unlike any before them. There's no way around it, 2020 was tough. Most reading this would likely be fine without running that one back, but we would be remiss not to reminisce on the remarkable things that took place in public schools across Nebraska in the face of the...Read More