Lessons from the summer of education data releases
What would you do with 1,000 more of something that mattered to you? A few days ago, New Mexico...
Sep 24, 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.
Are New Mexico public schools making the grade?
Our public school students are back in class this month, but they’re not the only ones who get...
Aug 20, 2018
Charter schools target New Mexico’s at-risk students
On August 16, Searchlight New Mexico published an article by Ed Williams on charter schools in New...
Aug 16, 2018
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
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