Letter to Secretary of Education
The National Education Association wants a new accountability system with a focus on equity in the next No Child Left Behind.
View ArticleOp Ed - Right to Work is really the right to squeeze the middle class
As educators in New Mexico public schools, we are on the front lines of witnessing the struggles faced by our students and their families
View ArticleSilver City School Board Takes Courageous Stand on Teacher Evaluation
Gus Benakis, associate superintendent of human relations and transportation, made a public statement about how the NMPED evaluations will not affect any teacher’s employment in the district.
View ArticleSilver City Administrators discuss teacher evaluations
Silver City Sun-News article discusses teacher evaluation and refers to our lawsuit.
View ArticleNewspaper says PED used an imaginary system that never existed, and then...
NEA-New Mexico filed an open records request asking the PED for documentation of PED claims that 99.8% of teachers were rated as meeting competencies under our old evaluation system. When the PED...
View ArticleNEA-New Mexico Wins First Round In Lawsuit Over Teacher Evaluations
First District Judge Francis Mathew ruled against the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) in its attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association- New Mexico (NEA-NM).
View ArticleA state district court awarded the NEA-NM money for legal fees, totaling...
“Is our government meant to be only ‘open’ for the wealthy who can afford to pay their own legal expenses to obtain Court rulings against agencies who fail to comply with the Inspection of Public...
View ArticleOur View: Break the Law? Pay the Price.
A district judge’s decision to award $14,071 in attorney fees over a stalled open records request should put all public officials on notice. The decision came as a result of state Public Education...
View ArticleGovernment in New Mexico is at an ethics tipping point
Executive Director Charles Bowyer, in an editorial appearing in publications across the state, says, “The Public Education Department claimed certain “facts” about our public schools they could not...
View ArticleGovernor uses brief to blame teachers, one more time.
Charles Bowyer, executive director of the National Education Association-New Mexico, said Monday that he thinks the governor’s Supreme Court brief is politically motivated.
View ArticleHillary Clinton Gets Backing of National Education Association
“As president, I will fight to defend workers’ right to organize and unions’ right to bargain collectively, and I will ensure that teachers always have a voice and a seat at the table in making...
View ArticleBipartisan education bill is a great gift for New Mexico students
NEA members waged an unprecedented mobilization and advocacy campaign on behalf of the nation’s students to turn the page on the failed NCLB law and bring in a new federal education law that provides...
View ArticleTeachers union blasts 'hateful' Trump, takes credit for Clinton wins
The National Education Association, which has gone all in for Hillary Rodham Clinton, said she won Super Tuesday contests in part because of their money and help and blasted "hateful rhetoric" from...
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“[Our] work is not to make America great again. America never stopped being great. We have to make America whole,” Clinton said. “I believe what we need in America today is more love and kindness.” She...
View ArticleEducator, retired NEA-NM member, activist, state Democratic Party leader dies
Cordelia Sanchez, who later became a women’s rights advocate, an educator and a powerhouse in the Democratic Party of New Mexico, died Feb. 17. She was 89 years old.
View ArticleLuján Introduces Save For Success Act To Help Hard-Working Families Save For...
"Every student in New Mexico should have the opportunity to pursue higher education. Unfortunately, the cost of college is putting that dream out of reach for too many and New Mexico leads the nation...
View ArticleNEA-New Mexico blasts state over special-ed audit
As a result, National Education Association of New Mexico President Betty Patterson said in a statement, the department appears to be trying “to ‘pull back’ money from school districts.” The department...
View ArticleNEA-NM RECOMMENDS Maggie Toulouse Oliver for Secretary of State
Conducting fair elections is the number one priority for Secretary of State Candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver. Based on her demonstrated integrity and expertise as County Clerk in New Mexico’s largest...
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