The expansion, part of a broader federal push to ensure Medicaid-enrolled students can receive health care at school — especially mental health treatment — is a welcome change for many policymakers.
Elizabeth Groginsky testified that federal pandemic aid buoyed the early childhood sector in New Mexico.
District appoints three new principals for 2023-24
As many community college students around the country struggle to complete degrees, Dallas College in Texas is assigning “success coaches” to help students.
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This year's graduates say the pandemic reconfigured almost everything, forcing them to rethink what they learned in school, friend groups and extracurricular activities.
Teachers are nominated for the awards by their peers in a program that celebrates the classroom skills, service and leadership of standout educators and also serves as tribute to the profession.
Kaylynn Krenek graduated Friday from Santa Fe High School as Santa Fe Public Schools' first-ever recipient of the "Ultimate Perfect Attendance Award," marking her perfect attendance from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The office is aimed at improving services for the more than 50,000 special education students across New Mexico.
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ATC students wrap up school year with a blast
Pascal Heitzman, 13, reacts after setting methane bubbles on fire Thursday.
Genevieve Giron and her mom, Martina Giron, often go from graveyard shift to volunteering at Chaparral Elementary School.
The report says the state ranked 13th in accessibility for 4-year-olds and 10th for 3-year-olds nationwide.
Española Museum to host exhibit featuring costumes, scenery, props from Santa Fe Opera
The Railyard movie theater will host a screening of a series of short films created by middle school and high school students in the Santa Fe area at 6 p.m. June 6.
When threats do arise — hoax or otherwise — one graduating senior said, “It’s still traumatizing, one way or another.”
The circus craft classes are the result of a collaboration between SITE Santa Fe and Wise Fool New Mexico.
Popejoy Hall and UNM's Broadway for Teens initiative offered up nearly 100 tickets for teenagers and their teachers this year.
The school's graduation ceremony, scheduled Thursday on Capital High's football field, will proceed as planned.
The city of Santa Fe will focus its first efforts to build on the Santa Fe Public Schools’ Work Based Learning Program launched in 2021 that last summer sent 22 students to four hotels for jobs working alongside adults.
Step No. 1 of achieving his goals is a departmentwide data shake-up, Arsenio Romero said.
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Monte del Sol graduates earn diplomas
Ariana Vigil hugs Ericka Lerouge, left, after the Monte Del Sol graduation Tuesday at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. The small charter school has operated i…
The identities of the two students and the charges they may face may not be made public for some time.
Two New Mexico students named 2023 presidential scholars
During 2023-24 school year, four days will be dedicated to the district's social emotional learning mission.
The Queen’s Gambit is playing out in real life in Maine, where a custodian is coaching his schools’ chess teams to national acclaim.
Local girls' empowerment organization Girls Inc. of Santa Fe held its first-ever State of the Future panel discussion Friday.
Santa Fe police Deputy Chief Ben Valdez said the department sent officers to numerous schools as a precaution.
The balanced budget, approved ahead of a May 30 deadline to submit the document to the state Public Education Department, also covers 6% salary increases for all employees except the superintendent.
More than six dozen of the city’s most accomplished high school seniors were lauded for their achievements.
A statement cited the board’s “lack of enforcement and respect” for faculty tenure, workers’ rights and department structures for the vote.
All new volunteer applicants at Santa Fe Public Schools must complete a background check with New Mexico's new fingerprint vendor, IDEMIA, a process that includes a $59 fee, district officials announced May 2.
In October, Jennifer Anderson will have the opportunity of a lifetime: an all-expenses-paid 11-day expedition to the Galápagos Islands.
The regents appointed Daniel H. López, a well-known member of the university's Socorro community who served as New Mexico Tech's president and chief lobbyist from 1993 to 2016, as interim president.
New Mexico joins national computer education organization
Gov. Lujan Grisham's approval of the budget marks one of the largest investments in higher education in New Mexico history.
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“I am really pleased about the direction that the budget is moving,” school board President Sarah Boses said.
Local schools welcome U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education
The students were nominated by their own schools and awarded with plaques and small prizes during a banquet.
The New Mexico Public Education Commission voted Thursday to revoke the charter of La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences.
Sustainability efforts at St. John's, a small liberal arts college with campuses in Santa Fe and Annapolis, Md., are about to get a whole lot bigger.
The projected shortfall is due in part to an anticipated drop in enrollment and increased costs for payroll and utilities.
Singers from Santa Fe High School and St. Michael's High School are set to take the prestigious venue's stage June 3.
New Mexico Pre-K will get a nearly $100 million investment anticipated to provide more hours of child care throughout the year and expand access to the program by 40%.
Santa Fe Public Schools' COVID-19 safe practices to continue despite end of public health emergency
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On Capital High School’s graduation day in 2011, one of the students left the football field to begin pursuing his dream of becoming a doctor. Three years later, acros…
A 2022 study by the National Education Association found 55% of educators — new or experienced — are considering an exit.
The board will continue budget discussions in several upcoming meetings before approving a final spending plan next month.
Two new classes for Las Vegas high school students will be structured around acequias and land grants, a component of Northern New Mexico culture and history organizers hope will engage their learning.
HB 126 would have been the first wholesale overhaul of graduation requirements in more than a decade.
Santa Fe Public Schools on Monday released its calendar for the next school year, which reflects an increase in school hours mandated by a new state law.
