The governor will pursue legislation for free meals in schools when lawmakers meet in January, a spokeswoman said.
Lawmakers are also contemplating a possible increase in the minimum number of instructional hours per academic year.
Cotillion Sneddy will succeed Jovanna Archuleta as the new head of Indigenous education.
Santa Fe educator receives Teacher as Hero Award
Under new rules, all homework should be purposeful and divvied in appropriate amounts for a student's grade level.
Middle and high schools across Santa Fe honor Gun Violence Prevention Week this week.
James N. Johnston has worked at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, since 2003.
The hire comes as the state struggles to reverse a long-term trend most students falling short of reading and math standards.
Sen. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would create a financial literacy requirement.
The Ruth Foundation for the Arts has selected the center as one of its inaugural core grant recipients.
Classes to resume next week for local students
The change, college President Becky Rowley said, is intended to advance equity and degree completion.
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The changes only alter the boundaries of the district each school board member represents; it does not rezone schools.
After a monthslong search, the college's board of regents selected Hector Balderas in a unanimous vote Thursday.
State health officials are encouraging the immunization of children against flu and COVID-19 without making changes to its list of other vaccines required for school entry in the fall of 2023.
With just a quarter of students proficient in math, a research group advocates adding instructional hours for students.
State officials and advocates of early childhood programs touted a new online search tool that aims to connect families across New Mexico with high-quality child care.
A 26-member committee of students, faculty, staff and community members are guiding the search.
The Education Department says on its federal student aid website that it is seeking to overturn the court orders blocking the student debt relief program.
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Santa Fe school board approves new districts
Constitutional Amendments 2 and 3 also appeared headed to approval late Tuesday.
Santa Fe School Board to vote on redistricting
Santa Fe Community College Clay Club to hold ceramics sale
St. Michael’s High School Board of Trustees announced Monday that president Tom Coughlan submitted his resignation last week.
Board President Kate Noble tried to put their fears at ease, promising to continue planning for the new school with the district's new steering committee.
Tara Hughes of Nye Early Childhood Center is the first early childhood educator in the state to receive the award.
Starting Nov. 4, associate principal David Vincent will take over as interim directing principal after Renee Salazar-Garcia leaves the district “to pursue new opportunities."
César Chávez elementary school launches new pickleball club Oct. 4
Santa Fe Public Schools to hold redistricting town hall
Superintendent Hilario “Larry” Chavez said he has received nominations for committee members from the school board and will be selecting members in the coming days.
Film Prize Junior New Mexico gives students a chance to learn the ins and outs of filmmaking from industry experts.
Groups across the city made trips to schools on foot and via bike, scooter, skateboard and rollerblades for the nationwide event.
This year’s salary raises are credited with dropping openings from 1,048 to 690.
Think New Mexico's policy report on public education contains a host of recommendations, some mirroring the strategies of Mississippi, which drastically improved its education performance in the last six years.
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Students in the school's residential program — who are currently staying in a facility off campus — said the dorm is a much-needed addition that will help make their lives a little easier.
The state had 37 new superintendents at the start of the 2021-22 school year.
S.F. Public Schools to provide coaching in math instruction for teachers
New Mexico Highlands University awarded $20.5 million in state endowment funds
Founded in 2007 as an expeditionary learning school — education exemplified by Outward Bound in the 1980s — Vista Grande has long been known in Taos as the school of second chances.
The state says it has made progress toward meeting the court mandate, including raising teacher salaries.
The new charter school moved into the campus on Old Santa Fe Trail formerly occupied by Desert Academy.
The move comes more than two years after the Santa Fe school board approved a resolution promising to rethink how it will deliver education to a shrinking number of students without closing schools amid a failed proposal to consolidate three small midtown and east-side campuses.
The report criticizes the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, which meets several performance targets but continues to “perform poorly” in reducing repeat child maltreatment.
Education advocates worry a decline in students could mean a drop in school funding in New Mexico.
The bill would include teachers working in early childhood education and "high-need" public schools.
