VIDEO: Colón’s new ad focuses on education
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Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Brian Colón’s new ad is a 30-second spot that focuses on education. Watch it here. Continue Reading
Campos gets Mayor Marty’s endorsement; Colón picks up backing of teachers’ union
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Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Joe Campos has picked up a noteworthy endorsement from former Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez, while one of Campos’ primary opponents, Brian Colón, is announcing the endorsement of a 9,000-member public education employees’ union. Continue Reading
New oil and gas leases will generate millions of dollars for schools
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I propose the State Land Office offer new oil and gas leases with royalties competitive with what the U.S. Bureau of Land Management offers for the next two years. Bonuses from these new leases will create millions of addition education dollars and create jobs. Continue Reading
Think small, not big, for Santa Fe’s schools
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UPDATED: Think New Mexico would like to propose a better way to close the Santa Fe Public Schools’ deficit that would minimize classroom cuts and give every child the opportunity to learn in a small school. It starts with moving students out of the larger elementary schools. Continue Reading
GOP guv candidates discuss issues in Las Cruces
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The four Republican gubernatorial candidates who attended a forum Saturday in Las Cruces agreed on many of the issues that were discussed. But each candidate also talked about what sets him or her apart from the others. Continue Reading
A look at really improving public schools
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A column last week by State Senator Steve Fischmann lamented, “Everybody wants to improve public education, but nobody seems to know how to do it.” While Senator Fischmann made several very good points, he, like others, missed the big picture. Continue Reading
Education: Getting back to basics can’t hurt
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Overcoming the culture of low-performing institutions is a daunting task. But our children deserve better than immersion in a culture of mediocrity. They deserve big returns on our education investment. Continue Reading
Burning down schools to improve them
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The entire staff of a Rhode Island high school was fired last week as part of a school improvement project. One headline opined that the mass firing of school personnel may signal a trend. Actually, it is a trend already in place of doing stupid things in the management of schools. Continue Reading
Making kids hate school is not an improvement
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Schools have adopted a rigorous curriculum aimed at increasing test scores that disallows fun activities and naps so there is more time to concentrate on academics. This does not have any research to support it. Continue Reading
Balderas reports ‘troubling trends’ at APS charter schools
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State Auditor Hector Balderas announced today that the 2009 Albuquerque Public Schools financial audit contained 378 findings, the vast majority of which indicate “poor financial management and failure to adhere to internal controls in many of the district’s charter schools.” Continue Reading
Doña Ana County voters approve school bonds, mill levy
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Voters in Doña Ana County easily approved two bonds and a mill levy for public schools on Tuesday. Continue Reading
Every parent left behind
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The No Child Left Behind Act may someday be remembered as the Every Parent Left Behind Act. Loss of control is a key reason why so many New Mexican parents and teachers have expressed dissatisfaction with our education system. Continue Reading
Higher education cuts must start with administration
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Our future engineers, accountants and social workers should not have to put off finishing their educations because our state leaders and boards of regents don’t have the political will to say enough is enough to out-of-control administrative salaries. Continue Reading
Getting more muscle in the classroom
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How do we increase support for educators without increasing taxes or substantially increasing the state budget? Why don’t we require recipients of the Lottery Scholarship to volunteer their time helping educators? Continue Reading
Time to revamp the lottery scholarship program
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The New Mexico Lottery Scholarship is an educational strength that we must utilize to its full capability – by making it more accommodating and flexible – if we are to begin improving education within our state. Continue Reading