Mariana Padilla will be the fifth public education secretary to serve in Lujan Grisham's Cabinet since 2019.Â
Santa Fe Community College will offer College Ready, a five-part course, to help student parents prepare to go to college.
Preschool options are growing as states expand early learning programs. That means parents face a dizzying array of choices.Â
Higher Education Secretary Stephanie M. Rodriguez this week called on the university to dismiss another round of finalists as the search nears two years.Â
“We’re never going to get better if we can’t stop the churn at every single level," said Mary Parr-Sánchez, president of NEA-New Mexico.
The winding search for a leader at the southern New Mexico has been years in the making.
A motion argues the state's "inadequate and piecemeal" solutions have "caused a catastrophe for at-risk students."
The TV series follows the summertime adventures of a young puppet from the city as she learns Navajo words and traditions.
Researchers found 58% of students in New Mexico had experienced food insecurity in the past year.
Credit union to offer $20,000 in grants for teachers
As Santa Feans prepare for a week of Fiesta festivities, a question reemerged: whether to invite — or not invite — Fiesta royalty into classrooms.
Heffron plans to get to know the schools in her district, which covers much of midtown between St. Michael’s Drive and N.M. 14.
Arsenio Romero's resignation comes just over a week after he was named a finalist in the search for NMSU's next president.Â
With the extra space, the school will construct a multipurpose cafeteria and expand its parking lot to include a safer bus drop-off area.
As they take root, the plants will increase pollinator diversity for New Mexico's many kinds of bees, butterflies, moths, beetles and wasps.
SFCC, IAIA to host open houses Sept. 19
Cell phone bans are gaining traction around the country, but many say they’re not enough.Â
The board is scheduled to interview both applicants for the seat and make a selection during a special meeting Aug. 29.
The proposal is the latest in a series of controversial rule changes the department has undertaken in the last year.
New Mexico maintains the third-highest rate of chronic absenteeism in the country, but educational experts say some small approaches could help.
SFCC to offer students free access to fitness center
After doing school online during the pandemic, more kids and parents have decided it’s OK to stay home sometimes.Â
Albuquerque Sign Language Academy offers an agribusiness training program that teaches students how to keep bees and harvest honey.
With conditional charter approval granted Thursday, Sun Mountain Community School is expected to open for the 2025-26 school year.
Sand Play was started by a group of retired early childhood educators in 2016 through the Railyard Park Conservancy.
A union card check found majority support to establish a new local branch of the American Federation of Teachers-New Mexico.
SFCC services unavailable before 11 a.m. Wednesday
The picture book follows a Diné girl as she retrieves her grandmother’s sheep with the help of a magical scarf.
"What we’re proposing is to create some phone-free schools," Superintendent Antonio Layton told The Taos News last week. "It would be implemented just at the secondary level."
This school year, E.J. Martinez Elementary will operate as a separate school while the old building is demolished and rebuilt.
State agencies hope program will help families with budgets in the summer, when parents can't rely on school breakfast or lunch programs.
SFCC services unavailable before 11 a.m. Thursday
Santa Fe Public Schools students stocked up on supplies ahead of the start of the 2024-25 school year, which opens Aug. 9.Â
New report blames federal government for its policy of forced assimilation and calls for apology.Â
Though administrators have raised concerns about inconsistent attendance, initial signs point to growth during the Summer Literacy Program.
In partnership with Nusenda Credit Union, the district will give away 1,000 bags of school supplies to SFPS students.
Luna Community College secures heavy equipment, commercial driving simulators
Advocates called for data collection and training for school personnel to report — and curb — use of restraint and seclusion.
The online safety sessions will be funded by a $453,000 grant that resulted from a Google settlement with the state.Â
The new policy would require that devices be turned off and out of sight during class time with a few exceptions.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham laid out her vision and crowdsourced ideas on how to improve access to early childhood resources.
There are 50,000 students with disabilities in New Mexico — and they're one of the groups identified in the Yazzie/Martinez decision.
Foundation to hold back-to-school supply distribution event in Española
What does it really mean for a student to be proficient? The answer is more complicated than you might think.Â
Over 130 more students will participate in SFCC's Environmental Job Training Program in the next five years to learn to address brownfields.
Survey results show that single mothers with degrees earn more over their lifetime.Â
After a massive infusion of funding and significant policy changes, an achievement gap remains for groups of at-risk kids.
NMSU Extension, FEMA to host agricultural resilience event
Data from 2022-23 shows Santa Fe's high school graduation rate is up a bit, while the state's rate remained steady.
The private school abruptly closed in 2023. Supporters want to bring back that style of education in another format.
The path toward accreditation may not be easy; a peer-review team determined the school's application is lacking in spots.
