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How education funding could change in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature is expected to increase near-term education funding and pursue long-term reforms that will change how schools are funded. Education accounts ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teens tutor peers online to fill need during pandemic

SANTA FE – When her suburban Dallas high school was forced to move online last spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, Charvi Goyal realized that the schoolmates she’d been informally tu...

DATE: Jan 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor supports tapping endowment for education

SANTA FE – With the Legislature shifting to the left and the pandemic exacerbating educational inequities, New Mexico Democrats say they’re on the cusp of finishing a decadeslong fight to wi...

DATE: Jan 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Older students to continue remote learning in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Middle and high school students will learn remotely indefinitely in New Mexico while the freeze on limited K-three and special education programs will end sooner in January than e...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico probes for pandemic’s ‘missing students’

SANTA FE – Public education officials are presenting the results of a survey about students who have disappeared from public schools without explanation during the pandemic, in which nearly ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Education lawsuit demands internet for New Mexico students

SANTA FE – Lawyers representing New Mexico students say the state’s attempts to provide internet access and learning devices to children are “woefully insufficient.” With in-perso...

DATE: Dec 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Immigrant requests pour in for New Mexico virus relief money

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials have received tens of thousands of applications for virus relief payments meant for residents regardless of immigration status. State lawmakers rec...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Predictions vary on New Mexico higher education enrollment

SANTA FE – Here’s a question even the most educated are having trouble answering: Will college enrollment go up or down in New Mexico next year? Community college and university o...

DATE: Dec 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Virus outbreak in Texas army base alarms New Mexico leaders

SANTA FE – The New Mexico congressional delegation is raising questions about a coronavirus outbreak among a group of Oregon Army National Guard soldiers who returned to their home base in E...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police provide details of deadly encounter with Black man

SANTA FE – Activists on Friday rallied in person and online to bring attention to the case of a young Black man who was shot by a New Mexico state police while on a road trip from Indiana to...

DATE: Dec 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico lawmakers consider child welfare budgets

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s child welfare agencies on Thursday will jockey with other state departments for slim funding as they present their spending requests to state lawmakers. Fr...

DATE: Dec 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cut off: School closings leave rural New Mexico students isolated

CUBA, N.M. – The midday arrival of a school bus at Cyliss Castillo’s home on the remote edge of a mesa breaks up the long days of boredom and isolation for the high school senior. ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News