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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: No Testing Results for NM Students, Dede Feldman Pens a Memoir on a Life in Politics, and New Climate Change Research in NM | 10.4.21
Description: Standardized testing was so sparse in New Mexico in 2020 and 2021 that the state isnât bothering to release last yearâs testing results. COVID protocols and remote learning caused the lack of usual standardized measurements, but itâs easy to see that students have fallen way behind in reaching grade-level markers in math and reading. New Mexicoâs public education budget is $3 billion. How is that money best spent to increase student achievement? The Line panelists discuss possible tactics.
Former state senator and lifetime activist Dede Feldman gets personal in her latest book, âTen More Doors.â While she and her husband...