The U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on Arizona’s SB1070 comes at a time when illegal immigration from Mexico has fallen. The argument over unauthorized entry has drowned out some intriguing developments in America’s overall migrant population, including a…
Continue Reading →Published Online: April 18, 2012
Albuquerque, N.M.
A New Mexico teacher asked a 13-year-old girl to stop talking with her friend and move to another seat. The girl refused. The teacher called the police.
The case is among thousands across the Unit…
Published Online: March 21, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Getting a high school diploma in New Mexico is about to get a little harder.
KOB-TV (http://bit.ly/GDxVYI ) reports students are taking for the first time the New Mexico High School Gradu…
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican (MCT)
The New Mexico Public Education Department plans to implement a revised teacher-evaluation process via executive rather than legislative order later this year. The new plan would take effect in the 2013-…
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican (MCT)
The New Mexico Public Education Department plans to implement a revised teacher-evaluation process via executive rather than legislative order later this year. The new plan would take effect in the 2013-…
Published Online: March 15, 2012
Washington
As a new generation of teachers replaces retiring baby boomers, financially strapped states face a quandary—what to do about teacher pensions.
A majority of states’ teacher retirement funds are underfu…
Tools of the Mind, an early- childhood education curriculum, has drawn a lot of attention in recent years for its potential to increase young students’ ability to self-regulate. Yet new research suggests the play-based program may be no better than t…
Continue Reading →Should 3rd graders who aren’t reading on grade level be held back?
That’s the idea behind a hard-line mandatory retention approach that’s being promoted by a growing number of states as a way to keep younger kids from falling further behind. Oklahoma…
Published Online: February 28, 2012
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe school board has ousted Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/zPPf18) that the board voted late Monday to end Gutierrez’s contract …
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republican Gov. Susana Martinez remains optimistic that lawmakers will approve a centerpiece of her school improvement plan before time runs out in the legislative session this week.
Pending in the House is a proposal that wi…