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"New Mexicans used to seeing news about the state’s struggling schools don’t have to wake up to the same headlines.

So believed a think tank in Santa Fe when its policy pros dug into the state’s perennially last-place school system. Think New Mexico had successfully championed pre-kindergarten expansion – an approach that had become the darling of education reformers – and last year decided to find a way to continue the heavy lift from the bottom of the national education rankings.
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Overall, Fred Nathan said lawmakers reacted well to the first steps of the journey, passing funding measures that include $15 million for teacher residencies – sort of apprenticeships for teachers – increasing pay for principals, reducing the amount of data that has to be collected and reported to the state, and adding financial literacy to revamped graduation requirements.

It’s not a complete fix, but Nathan said it doesn’t have to be: “It took Mississippi 12 years to get off the bottom and get more toward the middle, so we’re looking at this as sort of a five- to 10-year plan.”

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Did lawmakers improve New Mexico's schools?

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Think New Mexico crafted ten of its own key mileposts and set to work lobbying legislators to take a look at the plan and start on the journey.
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This spring semester, it has been wonderful to have Jackie Munro-Vahey as our Leadership Intern!

Jackie is a second-year student at the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she is a staff member of the New Mexico Law Review and the co-president of the student Association of Public Interest Law. She holds a BFA in Photography from New York University and an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Prior to law school, Jackie worked in public health and as a documentary filmmaker. She engaged communities, including immigrant farmers and young mothers in recovery from substance use disorder, in media trainings, resulting in multi-platform campaigns that promoted community health programs and exposed the root causes of health disparities. Simultaneously, Jackie directed the award-winning documentary film Una Nueva Tierra (A New Land), tracing the struggles of three families living on the Pajarito Mesa outside of Albuquerque. Jackie decided to attend law school and pursue policy change as a tool to increase equity in New Mexico. ... See MoreSee Less

This spring semester, it has been wonderful to have Jackie Munro-Vahey as our Leadership Intern! Jackie is a second-year student at the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she is a staff member of the New Mexico Law Review and the co-president of the student Association of Public Interest Law. She holds a BFA in Photography from New York University and an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Prior to law school, Jackie worked in public health and as a documentary filmmaker. She engaged communities, including immigrant farmers and young mothers in recovery from substance use disorder, in media trainings, resulting in multi-platform campaigns that promoted community health programs and exposed the root causes of health disparities. Simultaneously, Jackie directed the award-winning documentary film Una Nueva Tierra (A New Land), tracing the struggles of three families living on the Pajarito Mesa outside of Albuquerque. Jackie decided to attend law school and pursue policy change as a tool to increase equity in New Mexico.
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Just two weeks left to submit your application for a paid 2023 Leadership Internship with Think New Mexico! Assist with policy research and development, meet elected officials and staff, and learn how you can make a difference with a career in New Mexico politics and policy. (Shown here are three of our 2022 Leadership Interns visiting the Lt. Governor's office.)

Visit our website at www.thinknewmexico.org/internships/ for more information on how to apply, and submit your application by 5:00 pm on March 31, 2023 to be considered for one of this summer's positions. ... See MoreSee Less

Just two weeks left to submit your application for a paid 2023 Leadership Internship with Think New Mexico! Assist with policy research and development, meet elected officials and staff, and learn how you can make a difference with a career in New Mexico politics and policy. (Shown here are three of our 2022 Leadership Interns visiting the Lt. Governors office.) Visit our website at https://www.thinknewmexico.org/internships/ for more information on how to apply, and submit your application by 5:00 pm on March 31, 2023 to be considered for one of this summers positions.
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2 weeks ago
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Kudos to legislators & Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for enacting House Bill 130 to increase instructional hours for New Mexico's public school students! The bill raises the minimum number of instructional hours from the current 990 for elementary school and 1,080 for middle and high school to 1,140 for all students.

Research in New Mexico and elsewhere has shown that increasing learning time is one of the most effective strategies for improving student proficiency and closing achievement gaps.

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Governor signs bill extending school learning hours

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HB 130 will mandate an increase in learning time in public schools to 1,140 hours starting next school year.
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Tune in to "Let's Talk New Mexico" on KUNM Radio this morning to hear our Education Reform Director Mandi Torrez discuss the education policies New Mexico's at-risk students need to succeed. ... See MoreSee Less

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This spring semester, it has been wonderful to hav This spring semester, it has been wonderful to have Jackie Munro-Vahey as our Leadership Intern! Jackie is a second-year student at the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she is a staff member of the New Mexico Law Review and the co-president of the student Association of Public Interest Law. She holds a BFA in Photography from New York University and an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Prior to law school, Jackie worked in public health and as a documentary filmmaker. She engaged communities, including immigrant farmers and young mothers in recovery from substance use disorder, in media trainings, resulting in multi-platform campaigns that promoted community health programs and exposed the root causes of health disparities. Simultaneously, Jackie directed the award-winning documentary film Una Nueva Tierra (A New Land), tracing the struggles of three families living on the Pajarito Mesa outside of Albuquerque. Jackie decided to attend law school and pursue policy change as a tool to increase equity in New Mexico. #LeadershipIntern #Intern
Just two weeks left to submit your application for Just two weeks left to submit your application for a paid 2023 Leadership Internship with Think New Mexico! Assist with policy research and development, meet elected officials and staff, and learn how you can make a difference with a career in New Mexico politics and policy. (Shown here are three of our 2022 interns in the Lt. Governor’s office.) Visit our website at www.thinknewmexico.org for more information on how to apply, and submit your application by 5:00 pm on March 31, 2023 to be considered for one of this summer's positions.
Time to apply for a paid summer Leadership Interns Time to apply for a paid summer Leadership Internship with Think New Mexico! We invite college and graduate students who are considering a career in New Mexico policy or politics to apply to work with us this summer. Applications are due by March 31, 2023, and more information about the internship and how to apply can be found on our website. #leadershipinterns #intern #internship #TNMintern #paidinternship #summerinternship #nonprofit #publicpolicy #thinktank #thinknewmexico
Enjoying a snowy first day of the 2023 legislative Enjoying a snowy first day of the 2023 legislative session as we prepare to advocate for reforms to improve New Mexico’s public schools for all of our state’s students!
On January 6, 1912, New Mexico became a state! #ne On January 6, 1912, New Mexico became a state! #newmexico #newmexicotrue
This #GivingTuesday, we hope you'll consider suppo This #GivingTuesday, we hope you'll consider supporting Think New Mexico's work to develop and advocate for enduring, effective, evidence-based public policy solutions that benefit all New Mexicans. #GivingTuesday2022
We are delighted to welcome Mandi Torrez as Think We are delighted to welcome Mandi Torrez as Think New Mexico's new Education Reform Director! Mandi is New Mexico's 2020 Teacher of the Year. She has a decade of experience teaching third and fourth grade in the Bernalillo Public Schools, and she was also recognized as that district's 2019 Teacher of the Year. Mandi holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism and a Master's in Integrated Elementary and Special Education. Before becoming a teacher, she worked at the Farmington Daily Times as the News Editor and as Copy Editor. Prior to joining Think New Mexico, Mandi served as Teacher Liaison at the Public Education Department, and she has experience advocating at the state legislature as a New Mexico Senior Policy Fellow with Teach Plus, a policy and leadership training network for teachers. We are excited that Mandi will be leading Think New Mexico's major new effort to rethink New Mexico's public schools and lift up student performance and outcomes, particularly for the at-risk children who make up nearly three out of four students in our schools.
We are so grateful to the ten extremely generous N We are so grateful to the ten extremely generous New Mexicans who put together a pool of challenge grants totaling $165,000 and to the 404 New Mexicans who helped us more than match that challenge! Including both the challenge grants and your matching contributions, during this year's online fundraising campaign between October 17-28, 2022 you helped us raise $329,986, which is more than 45% of Think New Mexico’s annual budget. We are especially pleased to welcome our 65 first-time supporters. Since Think New Mexico was founded in 1999, we have always worked hard to keep our fundraising expenses to an absolute minimum. That’s why we have never employed a professional fundraiser. This strategy has succeeded thanks to all of you who give so generously during our annual two-week fund drive and make it possible for Think New Mexico’s small staff to dedicate most of our time to our policy research and advocacy work.
Happy Halloween, New Mexico! Happy Halloween, New Mexico!
Three extremely generous New Mexicans who believe Three extremely generous New Mexicans who believe strongly in Think New Mexico's work have put together a pool of challenge grants totaling $65,000 - now we need to raise another $65,000 by Friday, October 28 at 11:59 p.m. in order to meet this ambitious challenge! In addition, another supporter has offered a separate $30,000 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 at least five years. All of these contributions will be matched 2:1, meaning that every $1 from a new donor, new monthly donor, or returning donor will raise $3 to help support our work. The financial support we receive during the next two weeks will support Think New Mexico's major new initiative to rethink New Mexico's public schools, which was written up in a front-page article in the Albuquerque Journal yesterday. We hope that you will help us meet this ambitious fundraising challenge by donating online or mailing in a check - visit our website to donate. Thank you!
During last night's gubernatorial campaign, both c During last night's gubernatorial campaign, both candidates committed to vetoing any legislation that would bring back the food tax. With New Mexico families struggling to keep up with rapidly rising food costs, it's great to hear this bipartisan agreement to take the food tax off the table! The candidates responded to the question "Would you sign a bill bringing back the food tax?" Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham: "Absolutely not. It's one of the most regressive taxes in the history of the state." Mark Ronchetti: "Absolutely no. We don't need any more tax increases."
We are excited to announce that Think New Mexico h We are excited to announce that Think New Mexico has just released a new policy report that lays out a sweeping ten point plan with 30 separate legislative recommendations to improve the performance of New Mexico’s struggling public schools! You can read the report and find out more details about our recommendations on the Education Reform section of our website at www.thinknewmexico.org
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