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Lawmakers, the governor wrote in her veto message, “attempted to gut classroom spending and programs designed to identify and assist struggling schools and students.” Continue Reading
This is the full text of Gov. Susana Martinez’s message explaining her vetoes of some education cuts in Senate Bill 9. Continue Reading
The 5 percent cut approved by the Legislature last week is another $10 million for NMSU. Continue Reading
How can authentic education happen when it is reduced to ingestion, regurgitation, and controlled performance not unlike the training of seals? Continue Reading
Neither bill generated much controversy during the otherwise disjointed session, which ended Thursday. Continue Reading
We shouldn’t blow up the public-school system and privatize. We shouldn’t do nothing either. Here are this veteran educator’s ideas on how to improve the system. Continue Reading
Senate President Mary Kay Papen said Tuesday her colleagues would not accept the deeper reductions in higher education funding that House Republicans propose. Continue Reading
The state’s other public colleges and universities haven’t been as quick to make cuts and, unlike NMSU, raised tuition earlier this year. Continue Reading
Sadly, as difficult as it will be to solve the budget crisis, solving the economic crisis plaguing the state will require significantly more cooperation and leadership than we’ve seen. Continue Reading
The head of the New Mexico Lottery says his organization could provide more money for students if the Legislature scrapped a requirement pledging 30 percent of ticket sales to college scholarships. Continue Reading
Assessment drives the curriculum instead of curricula driving assessment. It is a recipe for failure. Continue Reading
University officials are bracing for a possible $14.2 million budget cut to UNM’s main Albuquerque campus and $22.2 million system-wide in the current fiscal year alone. Continue Reading
This is the story of a New Mexico State University employee who had a heart attack hours before he was scheduled to learn his job was being cut — and the campus medical staffers who, just after learning several of them would also lose their jobs, saved his life. Continue Reading
The announcement comes after the school board met in closed session to discuss its superintendent search Tuesday evening. Continue Reading
NMSU padded cuts it made earlier this year with an extra $1.5 million in anticipation of another possible reduction in state funding. Continue Reading