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As the school year wraps up, the New Mexico Public Education Department is reporting increased graduation rates with last year’s class having the highest number of graduates in the last fifteen years. ¾ÅÉ«Íø has more on initiatives that helped students secure their diplomas.

Math proficiency in New Mexico has declined in grades 5 through 11 each fiscal year since 2023. Last year, only 23% of the state’s K through 12 students tested proficient in math. A bill that seeks to tackle this issue passed its first committee Wednesday.

The 2023 Institute of American Indian Education (IAIE) is hosting a summit to give an update ahead of the five year anniversary of the Yazzie-Martinez v. State of New Mexico ruling.

In 2018, a judge ruled in the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit that New Mexico was failing to provide an equitable education to students who are low-income, Native American, have disabilities or are English language learners. This means that the state is in direct violation of the education clause in the New Mexico State Constitution.

The amendment now proposed, which would appear on the 2024 ballot, would create a state school board, composed of 15 members, 10 of whom would be elected and five of whom would be appointed by the governor. The members would appoint a superintendent.

Nationally, 1 in 5 teens cannot afford menstrual products and most have missed school as a result. To address the issue in New Mexico, youth advocates are working with lawmakers to create menstrual equity for every student in public school.

The number of banned books in classrooms across the country is skyrocketing to new highs. That’s the finding of a new report released this week from PEN America––a nonprofit focused on freedom of expression.

During the pandemic, the Public Education Department required school districts to offer online learning options, but that won’t be the case this coming…

The New Mexico Senate last week passed Memorial 1, hoping to bring more children outdoors to learn. Eileen Everett from Environmental Education of New…

Student athletes everywhere watched their seasons dissolve during the pandemic, but there’s hope for sports to resume this spring. In New Mexico, to…