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Congratulations to Think New Mexico's Education Reform Director Abenicio Baldonado on being selected to serve on the Public Education Department's Community Advisory Group!

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Congratulations to Think New Mexicos Education Reform Director Abenicio Baldonado on being selected to serve on the Public Education Departments Community Advisory Group! Im proud to represent Think New Mexico and continue advocating for future education policies that benefit our greatest resource — students. -Abenicio Baldonado
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Thank you to everyone who submitted comments to the New Mexico Public Education Department in support of adding personal finance to the state's education standards, including several current high school students like Luke! ... See MoreSee Less

Thank you to everyone who submitted comments to the New Mexico Public Education Department in support of adding personal finance to the states education standards, including several current high school students like Luke!
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"In over 1,000 pages of public comment received by the education department in the past 45 days, there’s an issue that has received more mention than race: personal finance.

The letters stem from a lobbying effort by Think New Mexico, a nonpartisan education policy group that wants money matters updated in the social studies standards, which include economics. They want students to learn more about debt, savings and investment."

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexicans are submitting feedback on the state education department’s proposed social studies curriculum which increases an emphasis on learning about identity and cultura...
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Last call for comments! Just over an hour left to let the New Mexico Public Education Department know that you support adding personal finance to New Mexico's education standards, as 45 other states have already done.

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“After spending 30 years in banking I lost count of the number of people I worked with who had little or no understanding of personal finance - and were in personal financial trouble because of it. With a small amount of education, those situations are almost completely avoidable. If the information is not provided in the home, then school is the place to receive it. In fact, school is the neutral and best place to receive this kind of information, as it is without any side emotions or demonstrations to the contrary.” – Anne Beckett, Youngsville, NM ... See MoreSee Less

Last call for comments! Just over an hour left to let the New Mexico Public Education Department know that you support adding personal finance to New Mexicos education standards, as 45 other states have already done. Visit our website to easily weigh in on this issue: https://www.thinknewmexico.org/action-center/#/40 “After spending 30 years in banking I lost count of the number of people I worked with who had little or no understanding of personal finance - and were in personal financial trouble because of it. With a small amount of education, those situations are almost completely avoidable. If the information is not provided in the home, then school is the place to receive it. In fact, school is the neutral and best place to receive this kind of information, as it is without any side emotions or demonstrations to the contrary.” – Anne Beckett, Youngsville, NM
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We are thankful for all of you who help us advocat We are thankful for all of you who help us advocate for public policy reforms that benefit all New Mexicans, as well as to our many supporters, who give us the opportunity to do this work we enjoy so much!
Congratulations to Think New Mexico's Education Re Congratulations to Think New Mexico's Education Reform Director Abenicio Baldonado on being selected to serve on the Public Education Department's Community Advisory Group! Abenicio says: "I'm proud to represent Think New Mexico and continue advocating for future education policies that benefit our greatest resource — students."
Thank you to everyone who submitted comments to th Thank you to everyone who submitted comments to the New Mexico Public Education Department in support of adding personal finance to the state's education standards, including several current high school students like Luke!
Last call for comments! Just over an hour left to Last call for comments! Just over an hour left to let the New Mexico Public Education Department know that you support adding personal finance to the state’s education standards, as 45 other states have already done. Visit our website to easily weigh in on this issue. “After spending 30 years in banking I lost count of the number of people I worked with who had little or no understanding of personal finance - and were in personal financial trouble because of it. With a small amount of education, those situations are almost completely avoidable. If the information is not provided in the home, then school is the place to receive it. In fact, school is the neutral and best place to receive this kind of information, as it is without any side emotions or demonstrations to the contrary.” – Anne Beckett, Youngsville, NM
The clock is ticking, but you still have until 5:0 The clock is ticking, but you still have until 5:00 pm today to submit your comment in support of adding personal finance to the state’s education standards. Here’s another great one: “Our schools need to teach students essential life skills and concepts like budgeting, checking and savings accounts, credit, interest, investing, and the costs of borrowing. Every student needs this education, whether they are going on to college or entering the workforce.” – James E. Bonnell, Albuquerque, NM
Today's the day! You have until 5:00 p.m. to send Today's the day! You have until 5:00 p.m. to send in your comment in support in support of adding personal finance to the state's education standards. Visit Think New Mexico's website to learn more and easily submit a comment, like this one: “As a parent and instructor, I have seen first hand that students are lacking in personal financial planning skills. While I advocate for families to teach these skills to their children, like our family does, the reality is that a majority of New Mexico's children/students do not get this education within the home.” – Yetta Massey, Portales, NM
Have you submitted your comments in support of add Have you submitted your comments in support of adding personal finance to the state's education standards? You have until Friday, November 12 at 5:00 p.m. to send them in! Visit Think New Mexico's website to learn more and easily submit a comment. Here is one comment that was recently submitted: “As a professional accountant working in New Mexico, I can attest to the critical importance of personal finance education as a building block for a successful life and career. Financial decisions made immediately after high school can impact a person for years or decades, and we have a responsibility to prepare young people to face these decisions with relevant skills and a strong knowledge base.” – Paul Roop, Albuquerque, NM
A week ago, we needed to raise $50,000 to match 5 A week ago, we needed to raise $50,000 to match 5 generous challenge grants. you all have been so generous that we have been working overtime to keep up! By this morning, 116 New Mexicans spanning the state from Raton to Las Cruces and from to Gallup to Portales (as well as several friends from out of state) came through with $69,381, more than enough to match the initial $50,000 challenge. This is the first time in our history that our initial challenge was matched in less than a week - but keep reading, there's more! Because we want to match as many of your contributions as possible, we are very grateful that one extremely generous supporter has stepped up and offered an additional $50,000 challenge, doubling the total challenge from $50,000 to $100,000. This is the largest single challenge grant that we have ever received. So if we receive an additional $30,619 by this Friday, you will have raised $200,000, nearly one-third of our total annual budget, to support Think New Mexico's work to improve schools, end predatory lending, and repeal the tax on Social Security income. Please help us reach this ambitious goal by donating online (link in bio) or mailing in a check or sending in a pledge! We also still have quite a distance to go to meet the $25,000 match for new contributors, new monthly supporters, and returning donors. We are deeply grateful to the 14 contributors who gave to Think New Mexico for the very first time, the three supporters who signed up to become Monthly Amigos, and the two returning donors who made a donation for the first time in five years (one of them for the first time in 16 years!). All of those gifts are being matched 2:1 by a separate $25,000 challenge grant, meaning that the $3,853 contributed from these donors has already leveraged $7,707 from the challenge grant. However, in order to receive the full $25,000 challenge grant, we still need to raise and $8,647 from new donors, new monthly donors, and returning donors by this Friday, October 29 at 11:59 p.m. Thank you so much for your generous support!
This year, five extremely generous New Mexicans wh This year, five extremely generous New Mexicans who believe strongly in Think New Mexico's work have put together a pool of challenge grants totaling $50,000 - now we need your help to raise another $50,000 by Friday, October 29 at 11:59 p.m. in order to meet this ambitious challenge! You can help us meet this challenge by donating online using the link in our bio. In addition, another supporter has offered a separate $25,000 challenge grant that must be matched with contributions from new donors, new Monthly Amigos (monthly donors), or returning donors who haven't given to Think New Mexico in the past five years. All of these contributions will be matched 2:1, meaning that every $1 from a new donor, new monthly donor, or donor who hasn't given since 2016 will raise $3 to help support our work. Thank you so much for your support!
New Mexico's students deserve personal finance edu New Mexico's students deserve personal finance education! New Mexico is one of only 5 states that does not include personal finance education in its state education standards. Personal finance standards teach students essential life skills and concepts like budgeting, checking and savings accounts, credit, interest, investment in stocks and bonds, and the costs of borrowing. All students benefit from this education, whether they are going on to college or entering the workforce. The NM Public Education Department is currently revising its social studies standards and Think New Mexico has submitted comments urging the department to include personal finance standards as part of the K-12 economics benchmarks. Please add your voice to ours and encourage the state's education leaders to make sure that all students have access to essential personal finance education! https://www.thinknewmexico.org/action-center/#/40
Marisa Pérez González wears her Think New Mexico Marisa Pérez González wears her Think New Mexico “thinking cap” while reading and relaxing on the beach in Portugal!
We are delighted to have Sophie Hare as one of our We are delighted to have Sophie Hare as one of our stellar Think New Mexico Summer Leadership Interns for 2021! Sophie is a native New Mexican and rising third-year merit scholarship student at the University of Chicago, where she is majoring in Public Policy, with a dual concentration in healthcare and immigration studies, and minoring in Spanish. At UChicago, Sophie tutors immigrants studying for the US citizenship exam and serves on the Student Advisory Boards of both David Axelrod’s Institute of Politics and the College’s Public Policy Department. Sophie has previously interned with the political consulting firm Seven Letter Strategies in Washington, DC, and with KJD Strategies in Chicago. She has volunteered on many New Mexico campaigns, including that of Senator Ben Ray Luján. Prior to college, Sophie spent a year working in Madrid to improve her Spanish. She hopes to pursue a career in public policy and work for institutional change on the state and federal level.
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