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Small school reaches out to neighbors
A shed used to store garden tools and playground equipment was burned Saturday night at Mountain Mahogany Community School. Vandals also set fire to an outdoor table and tagged buildings with graffiti....
View ArticleInitiative recruits, retains math and science teachers
Some math and science teachers will get a $5,000 boost in their pay this year through a state initiative aimed at making it easier to recruit and retain teachers in schools that are rural, serve...
View ArticleCollege test prep
At times, it can seem the road to college requires tests at every turn. Students in New Mexico must take the Standards-Based Assessment and end-of-course exams, and many take the pre-SAT, the SAT, SAT...
View ArticleSmall school reaches out to neighbors
Officials at Mountain Mahogany charter school turned a fire and vandalism at the school this weekend into an opportunity for community outreach and baked goods. Fire crews responded to a fire at the...
View ArticleLet's revise the funding formula, as long as no one loses money
At a committee meeting on Tuesday, the APS school board approved a couple of resolutions. The resolutions will go to the New Mexico School Boards Association, for potential inclusion in that...
View ArticleUpdated: APS Superintendent Brooks questions makeup of grant panel
Copyright © 2013 Albuquerque Journal Half of the people on a panel that evaluated New Mexico school districts’ funding applications for early college high schools, which gave Las Cruces the highest...
View ArticleUpdated: Finding a new way to measure learning
Copyright © 2013 Albuquerque Journal There is no standardized test for music performance, but that doesn’t prevent listeners from knowing a quality performance when they hear it. Music performance is...
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Breakfast after the bell draws praise, criticism
ADOLPHE PIERRE-LOUIS/JOURNALFrom left, 9-year-old Kenneth Perea, 10-year-old Tekota Lumpkin and 10-year-old Colby Reuting eat breakfast in their fifth-grade classroom at Katherine Gallegos Elementary...
View ArticleUpdated: Approval rating for APS superintendent at 36%
Copyright © 2013 Albuquerque Journal After more than five years as Albuquerque Public Schools superintendent, Winston Brooks has the approval of 36 percent of likely Albuquerque voters, according to a...
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Voters split on teacher evaluation system
Copyright © 2013 Albuquerque Journal Slightly more Albuquerque voters oppose basing half of teacher evaluations on students’ academic performance than support it, according to a new Journal Poll....
View ArticleSuit filed to stop teacher evaluation
Copyright © 2013 Albuquerque Journal A cadre of state legislators, teachers unions and an individual teacher have filed a legal petition against the state Public Education Department, seeking to halt...
View ArticleThis post includes the phrase "hare-brained"
As New Mexico politicos have all learned in the past few years, New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act doesn’t just include formal budgets and official documents. It also includes all messages...
View ArticleUpdated: Some RRPS buses held due to flooding
Update: Rio Rancho Public Schools spokeswoman Kim Vesely has sent out an updated advisory on the status of RRPS buses.She said one lane of Northern Boulevard westbound was reopened, allowing the...
View ArticleNCLB waiver strings and NM
The good people at Education Week reported last month that states with waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act can’t just rest on their laurels. Those waivers will expire at the end of this school...
View ArticleAPS to City Council: Butt out
Albuquerque Public Schools officials took a swipe at the City Council on Tuesday afternoon, and even hinted at litigation, as the debate over a proposed loop road at Jefferson Middle School continued...
View ArticleEducation cuts called deepest in U.S.
A new national report shows New Mexico’s overall education cuts since 2008 are among the deepest in the nation, which one advocacy group said shows the state is moving in the “wrong direction.” But a...
View ArticlePrincipals' mentoring program made official
Before he ever heard about a new principal mentorship program, Ron Tidmore reached out to a fellow principal for advice. “I asked her for help, because her school is where I want my school to be,” he...
View ArticleAPS breaks ground on controversial loop road
Albuquerque Public Schools broke ground Thursday on a loop road at Jefferson Middle School, despite ongoing resistance from a group of neighbors and a City Council resolution to delay the project. APS...
View ArticleUpdated: Standardized tests moving to computers
The days when standardized testing meant bubbling in the answers with a No. 2 pencil are coming to an end in New Mexico. This year, school districts will have the option of giving the state...
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Prescription for careers
MARLA BROSE/JOURNALCarmen Martinez, right, and Jessica Boettger, both of Los Puentes charter school, adjust their masks during a recent class designed to prepare them for careers in health care. The...
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