New Mexico is 49th in child well-being, but that’s not the full story
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Why is it that even when the state makes improvements in education, health care or the economy, we barely budge? Continue Reading
Investing in success: Good education leads to a strong economy, experts say
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There is emerging consensus around the country and the world that economic development and early childhood education go hand in hand. Continue Reading
Then and Now: Two decades later, preschooler is a mom with deep love of New Mexico
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Don Usner first photographed Sophia Salazar in 1997, when she was attending Conjunto Preschool in Española. Continue Reading
NEA-NM urges wise investments in education with new revenue
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Here’s what we propose for the state’s new revenue. Continue Reading
Bill would increase training for educators to detect, report sexual abuse
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The bill seeks $100,000 to provide experts who can train public school administrators and teachers on how to detect and report sexual violence in schools. Continue Reading
UNM student leaders oppose bill to change lottery scholarship
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The bill would eliminate the requirement of pledging 30 percent of gross lottery revenues to college scholarships. Continue Reading
Dems again push to use land grant fund for early childhood education
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The House Education Committee on Monday voted 7-6 along party lines to approve the constitutional amendment. Continue Reading
Senator calls on Martinez education appointee to resign
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Christopher Ruszkowski last month touted Manifest Destiny as one of the ‘fundamental principles of the country.’ Continue Reading
Funding issues put pre-K providers at odds while young children miss out on early education
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Instead of cooperating, state and federal programs are competing. Continue Reading
Pre-K solutions: How other states did it
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Oregon, Georgia and Washington, D.C. all have found a way to combine state and federal funding into the same classrooms. Ditto for Oklahoma. Continue Reading
Children march for more early childhood program funding
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Lines of young children filed into the Roundhouse on Thursday wearing cowboy hats, bandanas and sheriff’s badges for another showdown of sorts over funding for early childhood education. Continue Reading
The education equation in the governor’s State of the State speech
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Martinez said New Mexico had made progress despite opposition to her proposals. Continue Reading
Will lawmakers make 2018 the year of the child?
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Additional funding for health care and early childhood programs are among the proposals on the table. Continue Reading
Education-funding lawsuit hangs over session
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As the 30-day legislative session begins this week, the lawsuit is the 800-pound gorilla with nowhere to sit — yet. Continue Reading
Kids Count goes on the road to southern NM
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With a ranking of 49 in child well-being, there is a huge need in New Mexico for solutions. Continue Reading