By Barbara Ramirez
Reporter Barbara Ramirez discusses proposals to improve education outcomes for Native American students in this dispatch from the state Capitol in Santa Fe.
Listen as prominent advocate Regis Pecos shares an update on the state’s continuing response to a state court ruling (Yazzie v. Martinez) that New Mexico had failed in its duty to educate Indigenous children.
Then state Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo, shares his thoughts on a proposal to create a $100 million Tribal Education Trust Fund.
Barbara Ramirez is a 22-year-old Venezuelan majoring in multimedia journalism and minoring in political science at the University of New Mexico. Barbara and her family moved to Albuquerque in 2016 seeking political asylum.
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