- Nearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New Mexico
Last November, New Mexico made history by becoming the first state in the country to enact a universal childcare program. The landmark policy has offered academics something rare: the chance to study the impact of...
- OPINION: Home-based child care is the backbone of America’s infant-toddler care system. We need more of it
When the state of New Mexico announced it would provide no-cost universal child care last September, Yaneidy Gomez, a nurse, started thinking about starting her own program. New Mexico made it easy: She applied for a...
- AI Tutors Not Yet a Replacement for Humans, Research Says
Wendy Graham’s two kids first encountered Amira, a popular artificial intelligence tutoring platform, in 2025, during a summer reading program in New Mexico. She also used it at home with her daughter, now a fourth...
- New Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567M for Youth Harm Abatement Fund
New Mexico First Judicial District Judge Bryan Biedscheid at the end of the day Thursday issued a ruling in the state’s pending case against social media giant Meta, ordering the company to pay $567 million for an...
- New Mexico Features in National Discussion on Childcare Challenges
A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers from around the nation on Monday identified lack of facilities and high costs as two leading challenges states are facing in addressing childcare needs. The bipartisan group,...
- New Staffing Models Put Strong Teachers Out Front
In Carlsbad, N.M., a tiny district in the southeastern corner of the state, nine of its 12 schools have turned teacher assignments upside-down, inviting their best teachers to coach a team of colleagues, model lessons...
- Oklahoma’s Schools Are Some of the Worst in the Nation. Can They Recover?
When Oklahoma’s education rankings make headlines, it’s usually not a good thing. Last year, WalletHub, a personal finance website, ranked the state 50th — just above New Mexico — on a mix of criteria including test...
