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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: New Views of the Universe: UNM's Role & Back to School Priorities for NM Parents
Description: Host Lou DiVizio runs through the top headlines in New Mexico, including the confirmed cause of the deadly McBride Fire.Â
Gene Grant moderates a timely conversation about priorities for parents as they send their kids back to the classroom. Our Line Opinion Panelists talk through new security changes at some NM districts, and touch on some troubling statistics that place New Mexico 50th in education according to new Kids Count data.Â
Then, Gene speaks with Dr. Diana Dragomir, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Dragomir explains what's inside new ph...