Do what works to provide student success resources
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Teachers and other educators across the nation say “enough” to chronic underfunding of public education. Continue Reading
Institutional racism or something more complicated?
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New Mexico children can’t wait for the last vestiges of racism to be rooted out or for another government program to save the day. Continue Reading
Expanding pre-K will do little for NM’s children
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New Mexico’s disadvantaged children don’t need more school; they need good school. Continue Reading
There is an epidemic of racial inequity in New Mexico
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The proposal to invest from New Mexico’s Land Grant Permanent Fund into early childhood education and services will help to level the playing field. Continue Reading
Martinez nixes $5 million payback to school districts
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New Mexico school districts that had hoped to put a little more cushion in their budgets managed to persuade a sympathetic Legislature, but couldn’t get it past the governor’s veto pen. Continue Reading
Education efforts must build on strengths of tribal communities
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Early childhood efforts in New Mexico must be done with tribes, not for tribes. Continue Reading
Boys learn ropes on family ranch between nearly 2-hour trek to and from school
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The Hurt boys have been riding horses, handling pocket knives, shooting guns and driving machinery for so long they can’t remember the first time they did any of those things. Continue Reading
I’m tired of kids dying. I don’t want to have to be a hero.
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Perhaps we teachers and school administrators should not be the only ones bearing the weight of protecting our children from mass shootings. Continue Reading
In tiny NM village, ‘brilliant’ 7-year-old is one of school’s 40 students
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Kate lives in the least populated place in New Mexico – fewer than 700 people spread across 2,100 square miles in Harding County. Continue Reading
Time to take NM’s early education accomplishments to next level
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The State of New Mexico should be very proud of its accomplishments in early education. Now it is time to take these accomplishments to a new level. Continue Reading
The teacher: Childhood trauma informed senator’s legislative success
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Mimi Stewart says everything she needed to know about politics she learned in that haunted house with the man her mother brought home when she was 5. Continue Reading
Put students first in Lottery bill
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Since House Bill 147 now puts the interests of students first, we are encouraging the Senate to pass the bill in its amended form. Continue Reading
NMSU regents trim Carruthers’ power as chancellor
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The board has voted to strip the power to hire and fire administrators from its chancellor. Continue Reading
Early education proposal dies without Senate finance hearing
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The proposal to expand early childhood education across New Mexico died quietly Tuesday at the state Capitol. Continue Reading
Background check flap stalls confirmation hearing
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A senior Democratic lawmaker says the secretary-designate of the state Public Education Department has not consented to a background check. Continue Reading