By Alika Medina & Mariah Perry / NM News Port Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) started the school year on Aug. 12 with remote learning. Seven days later, the district announced the virtual learning approach would be extended through the fall semester. It’s part of a safety plan put in place to prevent coronavirus transmission among […]
By Adam Evarts / NM News Port Shortly after the fall semester began, Albuquerque Public Schools announced that they will stick with online-only classes until January. Other central New Mexico school districts are waiting to see how the coronavirus pandemic plays out — and what the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) advises — before […]
By Alika Medina & Mariah Perry / NM News Port It’s been a difficult second half of the semester for Albuquerque’ high school seniors. “Any other high school student would be happy that school is getting canceled, but it is different when you are a senior because prom and graduation are like the big thing,” […]
By Ed Williams | Searchlight New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Attorney General Hector Balderas and Rep. Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) are all moving independently to rein in some of the most dangerous practices in New Mexico classrooms: restraint and seclusion. Each is pursuing separate initiatives to enforce stricter reporting requirements for incidents involving the […]
By: Abby Matanis and Destiny Munoz With New Mexico ranked near the bottom in educational achievement, schools welcome a helping hand—or a helpful reader. For 17 years, the Albuquerque Reads program has has been helping local public schools teach elementary students how to read. The non-profit organization, created in partnership by the Greater Albuquerque […]
By Joshua Grajeda and Sergio Guerrero / NM News Port / Teacher vacancies have become an epidemic in New Mexico, but efforts to train new teachers are starting to help, as is the state government’s plan to increase spending on teachers and schools. According to the 2018 NM Educator Vacancy Report, there were 740 unfilled […]
By Joshua Grajeda and Sergio Guerrero / NM News Port / Teacher vacancies have become an epidemic in New Mexico, as there are now 740 positions to be filled in grade levels K-12. As of 2016, the need for educators had increased by nearly 60 percent. Breaking things down by grade level, most vacancies — […]
By Hannah Perry / NM News Port / For Albuquerque mom, Laurel Menicucci, the choice to homeschool is easy. “I’m going to know much quicker, if my child struggles with something, than a teacher is going to know,” she said. Menicucci is a mother of three and has been homeschooling for four years. But, according […]
By Elias Manriquez/ New Mexico News Port/ The statewide high school graduation rates for the class of 2017 were released by the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED), showing improvement at nine of 13 traditional high schools in the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS). However, overall, the state of New Mexico ranks among the worst when […]
