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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Social Studies Curricula Changes, a New Approach to Water Management and COVID Court Ruling | 11.19.21
Description: Highlights from the hours-long public forum on the proposed changes to the state’s social studies curriculum. Parents, teachers, activists and community members share their thoughts and concerns on the guiding principles used in the process, as well as the standards themselves. Host Gene Grant speaks with Jaqueline Costales of the Public Education Department about the proposed changes to the state’s social studies curriculum. Costales shares why changes are necessary in the first place, the process behind creating the new standards and addresses concerns parents and others have had about the new content.
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