Albuquerque businesses took matters into their own hands this week, reaching out to students as possible solutions to their future workforce needs. The Albuquerque Public Schools Apprenticeship Council hosted its second High School Grades 2 Skilled Trades career fair at the Berna Facio Professional Development Complex on Monday. More than 1,000 students from APS and […]
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What to expect: Is APS meeting its math proficiency goal for Black students and the Yazzie/Martinez agreement?
Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education members will discuss the district’s progress toward increasing math proficiency at Wednesday’s regular meeting. Administrators Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Dr. Channell Segura and Dr. Richard Bowman, will also present the board with information on how APS is doing on interim goals, which set targets for certain subgroups of middle school […]
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Education wins and loses at the Legislature
The 2024 legislative session contained one big victory for public education and a few disappointments, the head of the local teachers’ union said Wednesday. “In general, it has not been a banner year for education,” Ellen Bernstein, president of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, told CityDesk ABQ. She said the one great thing to come out […]
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CNM to host summit for women in trades
Rosie the Riveter is a symbolic icon — a woman who can do her part on the factory floor and keep the manufacturing industry going. She’s got a growing number of real-life counterparts in the U.S. Here in the metro area, Central New Mexico Community College wants to make local women aware of careers in […]
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Special Help Wanted: 86% of APS teacher vacancies are for special education teachers
The Albuquerque Public Schools district needs more than 100 special education teachers to fill vacancies in its 176 individual schools. According to the district’s job listings on Thursday afternoon, 120 of 139 open teaching positions were in special education. The district is not unique in that regard. Monica Armenta, executive director for communications at APS, […]
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Next year’s APS budget includes more money for special education, less money for food
Albuquerque Public Schools will have less money to work with next fiscal year, but it is working on ways to lessen the disruption in services, budget officials told the Board of Education Wednesday evening. District officials have said the budget will drop from $2.167 billion for the current fiscal year to about $1.9 billion for […]
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NM ranks dead last in education. Will 180 days in the classroom help?
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has adopted a new rule mandating that school calendars consist of at least 180 days, with top state officials saying Thursday that the goal is to get students more learning time in the classroom and improve academic outcomes. Public Education Secretary Arsenio Romero […]
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New Mexico group to join White House in tackling hunger, homelessness on campus
A New Mexico group has been tabbed to help the White House in its efforts to address hunger and homelessness. Across the state, college students are not immune to those conditions and neither are faculty or staff. A survey released last year by the New Mexico Basic Needs Consortium found that 17% of students and […]
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What to Expect: APS board to tackle budget decrease for next school year
The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education will discuss the expected budget decrease for fiscal year 2024-2025 at its regular meeting Wednesday night. The district’s budget office is projecting that the budget will drop about 12.3% to $1.9 billion from $2.167 billion for the current fiscal year. Superintendent Scott Elder said that the decrease is […]
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The epitome of Albuquerque: travel edition
The epitome of Albuquerque will be a recurring City Desk ABQ feature every Friday where we highlight interesting data about our city and surrounding areas.