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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.

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Op 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

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Silver 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.

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Silver City Administrators discuss teacher evaluations

Silver City Sun-News article discusses teacher evaluation and refers to our lawsuit.

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Newspaper 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...

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NEA-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).

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A 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...

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Our 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...

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Government 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...

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Governor 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.

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Hillary 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...

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Bipartisan 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...

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Teachers 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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Super Tuesday Results

“[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...

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Educator, 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.

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NEA-New Mexico new radio ad campaign

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Luján 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...

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NEA-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...

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NEA-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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