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.
“Alarmed” over a late Taos Municipal Schools 2009 audit and a new report describing missing financial records and purchasing irregularities, State Auditor Hector Balderas has ordered “special monitoring” of the school district by his staff, he wrote in…
Education Secretary Veronica C. García has decided not to create a new school district on the city’s west side. Secretary García said she made the decision based on opposition from the community, difficult economic conditions and legal constraints.
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…
New Mexico Secretary of Education Veronica C. García released the following statement Friday afternoon in response to a graduation rate story in this morning’s Albuquerque Journal.
“It is unfortunate that APS jumped the gun, discussed preliminary data and…
One long overdue idea to fix our pathetic public schools’ performance is mandating dual-language instruction for all New Mexico students in K-12.
State Auditor Hector Balderas couldn’t help but think Friday in historic terms when discussing the embezzlement uncovered at Jemez Mountain School District.
The state will take over Jemez Mountain School District’s finances after a special audit revealed that $3.3 million was embezzled from the district over several years, Public Education Secretary Veronica Garcia announced this morning.
New Mexico’s graduation rates rose slightly in the latest annual national report that annually tracks how many students in each state graduate high school in four years.
But the slight improvement was not enough to catapult New Mexico out…
CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for surgeon general, The Washington Post is reporting. Gupta, an Atlanta-based neurosurgeon, is said to be interested in the job and he is being vetted now. “I was hoping for Marcus Welby, but if he’s not available, Dr. Gupta’s pretty good!” Dr. Alfredo Vigil, New Mexico’s secretary of health, tells the Independent.
