As private firms and governments struggle to fill jobs – and with the cost of college too high for many students – employers and elected officials are searching for alternative ways for people to get good jobs without having to earn a traditional college degree.

Microcredentials are one such alternative. But just what are microcredentials? And do they lead to better jobs and higher earnings?

LINCOLN — Advocates for the developmentally disabled filled the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to rally for adequate funding for service providers.

One speaker, Sarah Graham of Duet Nebraska, said that her agency has been forced to close eight to nine group homes and shutter a long-running day service center because of inadequate state reimbursement for services.

Education equity advocates are sounding the alarm at a crucial time for America’s public school system — but is anyone listening? There’s a fiscal cliff ahead as the Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) funds that helped schools across the country reopen during the pandemic are set to expire in just seven months. Is anyone bracing for the fall? For the sake of our students and our nation, policymakers and education leaders must heed the warnings of the potential crisis ahead.