Remarkably simple. After the assembly, monthly and weekly curriculum is pushed directly to teachers through our NED®ventures app, with no manual distribution and no setup required. Daily intercom scripts are ready to go every morning. Teachers receive a differentiated lesson plan for each week's character trait. Teachers sign in with their existing district credentials through single sign-on, so there is no new system to learn, no accounts to provision, and no burden on your staff. We designed it to run itself once it's live.

We provide program effectiveness data drawn from 32,682 educator survey responses collected between 2018 and 2025. Key findings: 96.89% of students had an enthusiastic and positive reaction to the show. 96.18% of educators found NED an effective way to help students understand and use Growth Mindset. 99% of surveyed schools want NED back the following year. We also provide usage reporting through the NEDventures app so district administrators can track engagement across buildings. This is the kind of data that presents well to a school board

Yes. We work with districts to structure pilots that make sense for your timeline and budget. Contact an Account Executive to discuss what a pilot would look like for your district.

You start with whichever show is running the year you begin. For the 2026-27 school year that is NED's Mindset Mission. From there the cycle continues into Resiliency Ride and then Kindness Adventure, so your buildings move through all three without repeating.

The three shows run back to back over three years and then repeat, creating a seamless six-year cycle. Each show has monthly follow-up curriculum pushed out to your teachers. When a student who experienced the shows in Kindergarten through 2nd grade reaches 3rd grade, they begin the cycle again, now with intermediate-level materials and a fresh perspective. The shows are constantly updated, and students at older ages engage with the content completely differently. All resources are continuously refreshed, including animations, lesson plans, and intercom announcements. The result is a perennial, multi-year program that districts can embed permanently into their school culture.

Yes. CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, defines five core SEL competencies that schools and districts use to evaluate programs. NED maps directly to all five: Self-Awareness (Never Give Up, recognizing mindset and strengths), Self-Management (perseverance, goal-setting, emotional regulation), Social Awareness (empathy and respect through Encourage Others), Relationship Skills (communication, teamwork, conflict resolution), and Responsible Decision-Making (Do Your Best, ethical choices and accountability).NED's Top 40 character traits cover all five CASEL domains across the full school year. For districts navigating procurement requirements that mandate CASEL alignment, NED qualifies.

NED is designed to complement, not replace, what you already have. Both NED and PBIS are proactive and positive, focused on building good character rather than punishing the bad. NED's three core messages (Never Give Up, Encourage Others, Do Your Best) map directly onto common PBIS school-wide expectations like respect, responsibility, and perseverance.

PBIS provides the ongoing daily structure. NED provides a high-energy, memorable spark that re-energizes your school culture around those same values. The weekly animations, daily intercom scripts, and monthly curriculum give every teacher a consistent touchpoint that reinforces your existing framework without adding complexity. Most importantly, both NED and PBIS create a shared language across the entire school community, which is the cornerstone of effective Tier 1 PBIS implementation..

Yes. Every NED performer is carefully selected, highly trained, and fully background-screened before entering any school.