We're about to get a little high-brow here, because Nebraska's biggest claim to fame is a political one. This state is the home of America's only unicameral chamber. To translate that into plain English, it means that the legislation that gets passed here is nonpartisan. Everyone works together, and things move faster.
Such effective political cohesion should make Nebraska something of a nirvana, but it isn't. It spends less per child on pre-kindergarten programs than any other state.