The winds of negativity against charter schools shifted a bit when the state initiated a new $700 per-pupil lease assistance allotment, and eased access to finding and paying for facilities, but a cool reception to new and expanding charters still lands New...

New Mexico's Public Education Department promotes personalized learning initiatives, emphasizing project-based learning and student accountability for academic goals. Although there's no statewide proficiency-based diploma initiative, the state allows...

The Governor has made no attempts to shift her education establishment attitude towards one of education freedom. Even members of her own party have implored her to allow families more power to choose the education that best fits their child, but any real...

New Mexico has no private school choice programs available.

Report cards are difficult to find on the New Mexico Public Education Department homepage, but can be located through an external link, https://nmvistas.org/default.html, which takes viewers to the school and district report cards. Once found, reports cards...

One of many data points to assess whether a state has the right policies in place to ensure teacher quality is the "use of student achievement data in teacher preparation accountability." How empty or full the fuel tank above is will give you the answer for your state.

Blaine Amendment language in two different sections of the state constitution have been interpreted to preclude direct flow of funds to private schools, in spite of parental choices. In the 2016-decided Moses v. Skandera, for example, the NM Supreme Court held...