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.
Democrat Diane Denish and Republican Susana Martinez will tackle education at a debate hosted by APS tonight. Martinez says she’d focus on getting more money back into the school classrooms if elected governor. Denish says she’d continue the work she’s already done on improving K-12 education in New Mexico.
The Hispanic Education Act’s next move in the House is a floor vote, after the House version of the bill, HB 150, cleared the House Education Committee this morning on a seven to three vote. On the Senate side,…
One of the big-ticket items on the agenda for the legislative session is the Hispanic Education Act, which passed its first committee hearing on Monday. The legislation has come to the fore as one way to focus attention and resources on closing the “achievement gap” between Anglo and Hispanic students.
In order to close the ‘achievement gap’ between students of color and their Anglo counterparts, the state should provide adequate funding for education, curriculum that integrates languages other than English and that is culturally relevant, engagement of students in planning…
