Why I’m Leaving New Mexico A Young Person’s Perspective on the Brain Drain By Carlos Marquez | July 19, 2018 “Since New Mexico companies aren’t as likely to hire Boot Camp graduates as I expected, the fact is that I must find opportunities in different states to build the kind of life that I want. “”Since New Mexico companies aren’t …
Graduating as an Undocumented Scholar: DACA’s Role in Building Collective Power
Graduating as an Undocumented Scholar: DACA’s Role in Building Collective Power By Rafael A. Martinez | June 21, 2018 “Living undocumented often feels like a battle between being in/out of the shadows, but DACA allowed undocumented youth the privilege of coming out of the shadows.””Living undocumented often feels like a battle between being in/out of the shadows, but DACA allowed …
4 Things Business and Community Leaders Should Know to Help our Schools Succeed
4 Things Business and Community Leaders Should Know to Help our Schools Succeed By Tony Monfiletto, Future Focused Education | June 7, 2018 “People want our schools to succeed and there is plenty of good will that we should tap to do so. Imagining new relationships with new partners is our task and it will take more than our systems …
Teacher Stress Is Real Because Teaching Well Is Hard: How Inspired and Collaborative Professional Development Can Help
Teacher Stress Is Real Because Teaching Well Is Hard: How Inspired and Collaborative Professional Development Can Help By Sheryl Chard, Sofia Center, Bosque School | May 24, 2018 “If it were just the stress of May, it might not be so concerning, but forty-six percent of teachers report high levels of daily stress throughout the year, a rate on par …
How our School System is Failing Immigrant Students
How our School System is Failing Immigrant StudentsBy Rachel White, Refugees of New Mexico, Highland High School | May 10, 2018 “He told me though teary eyes this week that sometimes he gets so frustrated that he wants to go back to Rwanda. He said, “Sometimes I want to go back to my country. I feel really sad, like I …
Deeper Learning & Equity: A Call for New Mexico Schools
Deeper Learning & Equity: A Call for New Mexico SchoolsBy Jaqlyn Baldwin, LCSW, MBA, Siembra Leadership High School | April 26, 2018 “If we continue to have some of the most dismal education stats in the nation, then it is not our kids that are failing, but us as educators, elected officials, business and community leaders that are failing them.””If …
How Siembra Leadership High is Breaking the Mold of Traditional School
How Siembra Leadership High is Breaking the Mold of Traditional SchoolBy Henry Rael, McCune Charitable Foundation of New Mexico | April 12, 2018 “We know that traditional ways of “doing school” just don’t work for a lot of the kids in our City and Siembra is developing a distinct alternative that puts core capacities at the center of what we …
Why I Led a Walkout Against Gun Violence for National Walkout Day – A High School Senior’s Take
Why I Led a Walkout Against Gun Violence for National Walkout Day – A High School Senior’s TakeBy Kenia Alonzo, Generation Justice, Media Justice Intern | March 29, 2018 “I cried because I had to plan a walk out to say I didn’t want to die at school. I cried because I, a student, had to take action because my …
6 Innovative Education Programs Pushing the Envelope in New Mexico
6 Innovative Education Programs Pushing the Envelope in New MexicoBy Tony Monfiletto, Future Focused Education | March 15, 2018 “There is real innovation happening in our public schools even though all the signals from the state dissuade such efforts…The risk taking is clearly a statement about the commitment to serving young people and communities regardless of the agenda from the …
No Such Thing as a Math Person: How to Help Students Realize their Potential as Mathematicians
No Such Thing As a Math Person: How to Help Students Realize their Potential as MathematiciansBy Kersti Verna Tyson, University of New Mexico | March 1, 2018 “The reality is that we all use mathematics to make sense of our worlds. At its heart, mathematics is a language all humans use to describe patterns they observe and imagine. It is …