Amanda Aragon, Executive Director of NewMexicoKidsCAN, described the data as a wake-up call, saying, "This data is not just troubling— it is a wake-up call. Our state's education crisis is worsening, and our most vulnerable students are falling even further behind. Despite having a sophisticated...
NewMexicoKidsCan’s new survey of more than 400 New Mexico parents of school-aged children shows widespread dissatisfaction with the state's public schools, that communication gaps between schools and parents are a serious concern, and that many parents have misperceptions about the children's academic achievement....
Literacy is an enormous challenge for New Mexico students and students nationwide. The Literacy Toolkit provides parents with the knowledge they need to support their child," said Amanda Aragon, executive director of NewMexicoKidsCAN. "To improve literacy in New Mexico we all have a role to...
The waivers concern educational organization New Mexico Kids CAN. Amanda Aragon, the group's executive director, said a conversation around data on pandemic outcomes was 18 months too late. She called for the implementation of statewide testing this spring after reviewing the new report....
NewMexicoKidsCAN executive director Amanda Aragon said her nonprofit set up the database to discover where at-risk funding is going. But instead she found, for the most part, "flowery language that sounds good but doesn't mean anything."...
NewMexicoKidsCAN and Teach Plus said last week they hope state education officials maintain rigorous standards and consider results from recent years as they work on creating a new exam. "We must now resolve to select an assessment system that builds on the progress made by our...