/tags/ped PED en-US Copyright Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:31:37 GMT /local-news/2023-03-15/former-los-lunas-superintendent-confirmed-as-ped-cabinet-secretary His appointment comes as the legislature considers abolishing the position of secretary, and moving back to having a school board. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:31:37 GMT /local-news/2023-03-15/former-los-lunas-superintendent-confirmed-as-ped-cabinet-secretary Alice Fordham /local-news/2021-02-05/aps-wants-state-to-scrap-hybrid-rule-for-playing-sports Student athletes everywhere watched their seasons dissolve during the pandemic, but there’s hope for sports to resume this spring. In New Mexico, to… Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:18:31 GMT /local-news/2021-02-05/aps-wants-state-to-scrap-hybrid-rule-for-playing-sports Nash Jones /public-health-new-mexico/2018-08-01/education-boss-judges-ruling-devalues-progress-in-nm New Mexico’s Public Education Department is planning to appeal a court ruling last month that found the state violated the rights of at-risk students by… Thu, 02 Aug 2018 03:10:00 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2018-08-01/education-boss-judges-ruling-devalues-progress-in-nm Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2017-10-16/ped-holds-hearing-on-controversial-science-standards The Public Education Department is proposing to make language on climate change and evolution less specific in New Mexico’s classrooms.The state held its… Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:03:30 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-10-16/ped-holds-hearing-on-controversial-science-standards Ed Williams /local-news/2017-10-10/aps-board-votes-to-send-letter-opposing-new-science-standards UPDATE 10/11: The APS Board voted 5-1 to send the letter of opposition to the new standards to the state Public Education Department. ***New Mexico’s… Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:40:20 GMT /local-news/2017-10-10/aps-board-votes-to-send-letter-opposing-new-science-standards /local-news/2017-05-04/advocates-push-back-on-bilingual-education-overhaul Bilingual advocacy groups in New Mexico are pushing back against the state public education department in response to a proposal to overhaul the state’s… Thu, 04 May 2017 23:03:12 GMT /local-news/2017-05-04/advocates-push-back-on-bilingual-education-overhaul /local-news/2015-11-25/inside-underfunded-special-education-classrooms New Mexico’s Public Education Department lost a case in federal court last month for underfunding state special education programs. And a state audit… Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:19:59 GMT /local-news/2015-11-25/inside-underfunded-special-education-classrooms /local-news/2015-10-06/judge-hears-testimony-in-teacher-evaluation-case New Mexico’s new teacher evaluation system relies heavily on student test scores and classroom observations. It’s divided educators over how to determine… Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:13:22 GMT /local-news/2015-10-06/judge-hears-testimony-in-teacher-evaluation-case /local-news/2015-07-02/judge-hears-case-against-public-education-department UPDATE 6:05 pm - NEA New Mexico's Charles Goodmacher was in the courtroom late this afternoon and said the judge ruled in favor of the union. We will be… Thu, 02 Jul 2015 23:37:12 GMT /local-news/2015-07-02/judge-hears-case-against-public-education-department /local-news/2015-03-02/testing-walkout-gains-momentum More than a thousand students walked out of their classrooms across New Mexico on Monday in protest of a new standardized test. Many of the students said… Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:21:51 GMT /local-news/2015-03-02/testing-walkout-gains-momentum