I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The New Mexico Public Education Department released its 2011 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) rankings for 831 public schools Friday, and the results were not good: 87 percent of schools were not making adequate progress under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Fifty percent of students overall performed at grade level in reading, while 42 percent performed at grade level in both math and science.
There were also marked racial differences in educational level. Most Caucasian and Asian students were at grade level in math, science and reading, while Hispanic and African-American Students were about 25–30 percent less likely to be at grade level, and American Indians were slightly less likely than Hispanics or African-Americans. In reading, about two-thirds of Caucasians and Asians were at grade level, about 45 percent of African-Americans and Hispanics were, and 35 percent of American Indians.
NMPED has a full report of the AYP rankings, including those for each school and school district.
