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Elder: 'APS is at the forefront of actually trying to deal' with school safety issues
By George Willis | Aug 8, 2022
An Albuquerque student advisory council has made safety a primary concern as the opening of the school year approaches.
Paying students while they learn 'a huge, huge incentive' for successful participation: Tokunaga-Scanlon
By George Willis | Aug 6, 2022
A charter school in southeast Albuquerque has been designated an Innovation Zone and will receive almost $500,000 of the $4 million in state funding to redesign how it instructs and prepares students for life after high school.
New Mexico leadership calls for student test results: 'it is more important than ever that student test results be provided as quickly as possible'
By John Kelly | Aug 4, 2022
New Mexico House Republican Leadership wrote a letter to the governor on July 29 to request expediting the availability of the results from the New Mexico Measures of Student Success and Achievement (NM-MSSA) testing conducted in May.
Work Force Community liaison: 'This gets the students into the systems for county jobs, municipal, federal'
By John Kelly | Jul 26, 2022
San Juan County has a program collaborating with teenagers in high school to aid them in making the key life decision of what career they will choose to follow.
NM schools to provide discounted or free meals for eligible students: 'New Mexico puts a priority on feeding our kids'
By Timothy Stuckey | Jul 24, 2022
Over 235,000 students in the state are now eligible to receive meals at no cost or at reduced prices at school.
Albuquerque student on 'Pictures of Hope' exhibit: 'We just want everything to stop – the violence and riots'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Jul 21, 2022
Student artists have their dreams, and they were recently given the chance to use art to showcase their visions for life.
Oreskovich seeks more funding for school-based health centers: 'The funding has left the program in place'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Jul 20, 2022
Advocates for student health services are asking state lawmakers to increase funding so they can expand healthcare offerings on school campuses.
Nonprofit provides school clothing: 'We will begin serving not only Bernalillo County but Valencia County, Sandoval County and Torrance County'
By George Willis | Jul 20, 2022
A local nonprofit recently signaled the upcoming school year by issuing school clothes and other essentials to families in need. Locker 505 celebrated its expansion into a new facility by treating thousands of families with goods for the upcoming school year.
Lawyer: 'NMSU’s illegal mandate exposes students to compulsory risks in order to attend college'
By T.H. Lawrence | Jul 18, 2022
Jonathan Diener says ‘scamdemic’ claims don’t hold up under scrutiny and defy science
Nonprofit provides children underwear: 'You can't get underwear in the same resources that you get donated used clothing'
By George Willis | Jul 12, 2022
Undies for Everyone, a nonprofit based in Texas, is helping more than 8,400 children in Albuquerque receive new underwear this year.
Cancer doesn't stop Rio Rancho High School valedictorian
By George Willis | Jul 7, 2022
Battling a rare form of cancer didn’t keep Serena Helewicz from achieving the goal she set for herself to graduate from Rio Rancho High School with the best grades possible.
Museum of Natural History honors Asteroid Day: 'A look at asteroid and comet collisions'
By George Willis | Jul 6, 2022
Researchers study clues to solar system
New method to treat troublemakers at school
By George Willis | Jul 5, 2022
Being suspended, or expelled no longer only options
Retired New Mexico teachers return to schools: 'They are ready to ... walk into that classroom'
By Andy Nghiem | Jul 1, 2022
The New Mexico Public Education Department launched a program to hire retired teachers in order to address teacher shortages across the state.
New Mexico Freedoms Alliance leader supports the fight against NMSU vaccine mandate: 'This mandate is not about health'
By Andy Nghiem | Jun 21, 2022
On June 14, New Mexico Stands Up! Attorney Jonathan Diener served a Cease-and-Desist letter to New Mexico State University (NMSU) Chancellor Dan Arvizu demanding an immediate end to the university's student vaccine mandate.
New Mexico organization on NMSU vaccine mandate: 'New Mexico Stands Up! is prepared to pursue legal action'
By Andy Nghiem | Jun 21, 2022
On June 14, New Mexico Stands Up! Attorney Jonathan Diener served a Cease-and-Desist letter to New Mexico State University Chancellor Dan Arvizu demanding an immediate end to the NMSU student vaccine mandate.
Release of NM student who brought gun to school draws criticism from DA: 'It is, in my judgment, unconscionable'
By John Kelly | Jun 9, 2022
A student was released recently after bringing a gun to Volcano Vista High School.
Albuquerque schools talk safety measures following Texas school shooting
By Ariana Chiarenza | Jun 1, 2022
Teachers in the metro Albuquerque area schools are taking additional safety measures following the fatal shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last week that resulted in the deaths of 21 people.
KOB-TV Pay It 4ward award winner ‘takes care of the school’ at La Merced Elementary
By Tamara Browning | May 28, 2022
A New Mexico military veteran who was motivated to become a security officer at La Merced Elementary in Belen after the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school in U.S. history is a KOB-TV Pay It 4ward award winner.
Sprouts ‘sown to make them more drought-tolerant’ salvaged as fire approaches Forestry Research Center
By George Willis | May 27, 2022
Researchers at the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Forestry Research Center had to make some quick decisions as the largest burning wildfire in the United States approached.