Don’t let Martínez Politicize Science Education
Next Generation Science Standards focus on hands on, problem solving based learning rather than rote memorization and teaching to a test. They also equip students with the updated science information…
Carruthers Should Stay At NMSU
In 2013, Garrey Carruthers was named President of New México State University (NMSU). He was not my first choice, and I expressed my opposition to his hiring publicly. Boy, was…
I Am Not a Hero Teacher
I’m sorry. I am not a hero teacher. I am not stronger than a locomotive. I cannot jump tall ignorance in a single bound. I am not faster than a…
NHCSL Announces John S. Martínez Scholarship Recipients
The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) recently announced the winners of the John S. Martínez Leadership Scholarship. A $4,000 grant is provided for the first two years of…
Every Student Deserves to Be Heard
Students who are victims of sexual assault or harassment are often afraid they won’t be believed or taken seriously, and terrified they’ll be victimized in a different way by people…
Our Segregated Playrooms
Late last month, Clayton Early Learning, one of the top-rated child care programs in Colorado, said that it will close one of its two facilities, serving the far northeast Denver,…
Closing the Door on Brightest International Students
President Donald Trump’s restrictionist immigration policies could close the door on the best and brightest international students who want to study in the United States. International students may soon have…
Significant Effects on Higher Education, Student Debt
July 1st , marked the beginning of a new year for federal financial aid for higher education, bringing changes that will affect the millions of Americans who use these programs….
NEA: ‘We Will Be Fearless’
In a speech during the National Education Association’s (NEA) annual meeting in Boston over the weekend, Lily Eskelsen García—the organization’s president—delivered a searing rebuke to President Donald Trump and Education…
From Dropout to Teaching Assistant
Every day when I greet the young children walking into the pre-kindergarten classroom at Rocky Mountain Prep in Colorado, where I’m a teaching assistant, I wonder what my middle school…