How our School System is Failing Immigrant Students By 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 …
Deeper Learning & Equity: A Call for New Mexico Schools
Deeper Learning & Equity: A Call for New Mexico Schools By 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 …
How Siembra Leadership High is Breaking the Mold of Traditional School
How Siembra Leadership High is Breaking the Mold of Traditional School By 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 …
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 Take By 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 …
6 Innovative Education Programs Pushing the Envelope in New Mexico
6 Innovative Education Programs Pushing the Envelope in New Mexico By 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 …
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 Mathematicians By 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 …
New Mexico’s Skill Gap: How Relationships Can Help Employers, Workers and the Economy
New Mexico’s Skills Gap: How Relationships Can Help Employers, Workers and the Economy By Jason Espinosa, New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry, Future Focused Board Member | February 15, 2018 “We need a new strategy if we are going to connect the students in our schools to the employers that are looking to grow their companies.” “We need a …
A ‘Miscalculation’ On Our Standardized Tests Negatively Affected My School’s Letter Grade
A ‘Miscalculation’ On Our Standardized Tests Negatively Affected My School’s Letter Grade By Jeff Tuttle, teacher, Monte Vista Elementary School | February 1, 2018 “The announcement of our miscalculated “F” to the public was not just demoralizing and bad public relations, it could potentially keep people from coming to our school, which relies upon transfers for 50% of our student …
How School Networks Create Shared Learning Environments and Community
How School Networks Create Shared Learning Environments and Community By Jennifer Power, program officer, ECMC Foundation | January 18, 2018 “The networks can take on the work of building stakeholder support, translating alternative measures of success for accountability partners, collaborating within the network and with community partners, and problem solving around whatever the system throws its way, all the while …
An Educator’s Response to the Secretary’s comments on Manifest Destiny
An Educator’s Response to the Secretary’s comments on Manifest Destiny By Anpao Duta Flying Earth, Head of School, Native American Community Academy | December 28, 2017 “We must make education particularly (or specifically) relevant to students regarding their cultural historical needs. This will empower them to articulate and achieve their individual passions, thereby intellectually and socially fortifying their communities.”On December …