Karen Trujillo, who graduated from Mayfield High School in Las Cruces and began her career as a teacher in the city, said she is excited to serve New Mexico students in her hometown.
Board voted to table until Sept. 3 charter school’s application to become chartered by SFPS.
It’s the same across New Mexico, thanks to a widespread teacher shortage plaguing state schools.
Many educators and policymakers across the country have been pushing for instructional materials that confront race.
A nationwide website called Donors Choose connects teachers in need of classroom materials with community members.
School board meets Tuesday
For the past four summers, a version of the Hill Country summer camp has been taken to south Texas.
Ryan Stewart says he’s confident in his ability to share vision, provide clear sense of purpose.
The naturally lit hallways and classrooms of the brand-new building, which welcomed more than 620 students for the first day of classes Tuesday, are filled with state-of-the-art features.
Ryan Stewart, now in charge of K-12 education in New Mexico, has a reputation as a reformer in California and Pennsylvania.
“I come to this position as an outsider. I’m new to New Mexico and new to the rich assets and cultural heritage that define New Mexico,” Stewart said.
NMSA plans an open house in its new building on Sept. 14.
Educators, administrators, parents and union leaders are working to put together an interim and permanent evaluation plan to replace the one the governor threw out this year.
Xavier Becerra, the California attorney general said a deliberate scheme by school district officials set up a separate and unequal system that would keep low-income children of color out of a white enclave.
The Agriculture Department said the proposal would cut off an estimated 3 million people from food stamps, a figure that critics said would include tens of thousands of working poor families.
A federal disability designation known as a 504 plan can help struggling students improve their grades and test score, but the plans are not doled out equitably.
Roundhouse Roundup
Uneasy on the Plaza
I’ve known Roque Garcia since several years before he started cooking his carnitas on the Plaza in the mid-1980s. He’s a good-hearted, good-na…
Roundhouse Roundup
A nation that lacks a consoler-in-chief
Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Barack Obama knew that an important, if unwritten, part of the job is being comforter-in-chief in times of national distress. Events in the past week show the current president does not.
Roundhouse Roundup
Reality shows about cops fall short
Dropping Live PD probably won’t have a major effect on law enforcement in Santa Fe.
Roundhouse Roundup
In New Mexico, the scandals never stop
The names of the corrupt New Mexico officials who help fuel the effort to establish a state ethics commission — a roll call that includes Mich…
Roundhouse Roundup
Zorro Ranch: Where cattle actually roamed
In the spring of 2006, politically connected convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was under investigation by the state of New Mexico for cer…
Ringside Seat
Parking case rides a runaway legal train
Stanford Weinstein said he was innocent and filed a protest. Then he accused city bureaucracy of being tone-deaf, sustaining the ticket even though it had no evidence against him.
Ringside Seat
In this election scrum, the cream might not rise
So many candidates are entering the race for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd District that they’re deadening public interest.
Notes from the North
St. Michael’s soccer players lend hand at New Mexico United game
The St. Michael’s boys and girls teams were ball shaggers, and Horsemen head boys coach Mike Feldewert played a role in getting the teams on the field.
One surefire way exists to determine if a New Mexico legislator is in hiding: Check his or her requests for travel expenses.
Sports commentary
Lobos walk-on, a former St. Michael’s football standout, takes new path
On Saturday morning, Xavier Vigil had seen enough. He told friends and family that he was walking away from the Lobos on the eve of what would have been his redshirt sophomore season.
