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New Mexico Public Education Fact Sheets
Downloadable fact sheets on everything from student enrollment to truancy rates.

Santa Fe Public Schools Budget Documents
09/2010 budget reduction documents

Recent Posts

Campaign promises vs. a harsh reality. Harsh reality wins.
post on August 30, 2010
Written by Trip Jennings
Democrat Diane Denish and Republican Susana Martinez promise not to cut spending on education at the same time they will not raise your taxes if elected governor. But the economic realities that will confront the winner of the governor’s race likely will make confetti of those promises. The Associated Press has an analysis out today of the [...]
Race to the Top contest favors Eastern states, critics say
post on August 25, 2010
Written by Trip Jennings
Massachusetts, New York, Hawaii, Florida, Rhode Island, D.C., Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, and Ohio won money Tuesday in the second round of the Race to the Top federal grant program, which is sending more than $4 billion to reform-minded states and Washington, D.C.. Tennessee and Delaware won in the contest’s first-round this year. Not a single [...]
Gubernatorial debate produces clear winner: the state auditor
post on August 20, 2010
Written by Trip Jennings
The biggest winner of Thursday's gubernatorial debate on education may have been someone not even in the room: state auditor Hector Balderas. In a rare meeting of the minds Thursday night, both Denish and Martinez said that schools need to be more financially responsible and that more and better auditing is necessary. The State Auditor’s Office is charged with an oversight role in how taxpayer money is spent, but has not always gotten the money it needs to do that. “Everybody publicly supports the concept of auditing,” Balderas said Thursday night, noting that his agency has been cut more severely than the rest of state government.