The Week After: On PARCC scores and the marathon of lasting change
Anything worth doing takes time—education most of all. If you’ve attended school—sent a child to...
Jul 18, 2018
Amanda Aragon
Amanda is the founding executive director of NewMexicoKidsCAN and an alumna of the 50CAN Education Advocacy Fellowship. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A Win: Teacher preparation program evaluations released
Our teachers have teachers, too—and on Tuesday, the New Mexico Public Education Department...
Jun 22, 2018
New Mexico Is First State to Approve School Turnaround Plans Under the Every Student Succeeds Act. But Will Adult Politics Now Keep the Kids Waiting?
On June 5, 2018, The 74 published an op-ed by NewMexicoKidsCAN Executive Director Amanda Aragon...
Jun 05, 2018
NMPED decides on school turnaround plans, setting their standards high
This month we asked the New Mexico Department of Public Education (NMPED) to set a high bar for...
Apr 30, 2018
Will we accept failure?
What happens when a public elementary school fails for six years straight? That’s a kid’s entire...
Apr 11, 2018
5 takeaways from ABF’s Grow NM Education panel
On March 22, 2018, Albuquerque Business First ran an article by Ron Davis on key takeaways from...
Mar 26, 2018
Thirty days, 80 new laws and half-hearted progress toward great schools
The majority of our state lawmakers think that New Mexico kids can wait for change. Last month,...
Mar 14, 2018
Playing politics at the expense of our teachers
UPDATE: On Feb. 14, the House Education Committee voted to unanimously support Senate Bill 119,...
Feb 13, 2018
Lawmakers killed a bill today for teacher pay raises. Give them a call!
Just this morning, a bill to raise teacher pay died in the House Education Committee after a...
Feb 10, 2018
Coming together to put New Mexico’s kids first
For me, the fight for equity in New Mexico’s public schools is personal. Twice in my childhood,...
Jan 23, 2018