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Everyday Math: Does It Add Up? Critics Say Basics Not Being Learned
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 12/30/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
Franny Dever knows Everyday Math has its critics. In 2000, more than 200 mathematicians and scientists, from Nobel laureates to Field Medal winners, took out an advertisement in The Washington Post to decry the program and others like it born of the math reform movement of the late 1980s.
Educator takes aim at sex misconduct
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 12/27/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
Arthur Brokop, a young substitute teacher, shut the windowless door of the first-grade classroom he'd been called in to oversee
Universities, New Mexico drop salary accords
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 12/19/2007
- Daily EdNews , Higher Education
- Unrated
Appointees of Gov. Bill Richardson have severed their ties with two New Mexico universities after some lawmakers raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
Sink named interim Albuquerque Public Schools superintendent
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/29/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
It was a short climb up the career ladder for Linda Sink, a former principal who has been named interim superintendent for Albuquerque Public Schools.
University of New Mexico fraternity gets 2-year timeout
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/24/2007
- Daily EdNews , Higher Education
- Unrated
A University of New Mexico fraternity has lost its national charter for two years following allegations of alcohol use and an incident involving a shotgun.
ACLU sues, charging untimely revamp of New Mexico's juvenile lockups
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/20/2007
- Daily EdNews , Behavioral Health , K-12
- Unrated
Even as the state moves to adopt a promising new model for its juvenile justice system, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed a lawsuit today to force reforms in the system, which the ACLU says is violent and unsafe.
Grant helps Albuquerque students learn about careers in science
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/15/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
A young lab technician mixed two liquids — and presto — he created what looked like a long piece of Jell-O.
New Mexico task force proposes school funding boost
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/13/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
A state task force is proposing a new funding formula for New Mexico's public school districts that could boost education spending by a third.
University of New Mexico seeks genetic link to alcoholism, addiction
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/10/2007
- Daily EdNews , Behavioral Health
- Unrated
A map to addictive behavior could be hidden inside the cryptic network of the human genome and a UNM researcher is determined to find it.
Judge orders open hearing in APS grade-change case
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/8/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
A state District Court judge in Albuquerque today ordered an open hearing in the ethics case for Elsy Fierro, the Albuquerque Public Schools administrator involved in the controversial grade change for a Rio Grande High student
Albuquerque's Working Classroom pays tribute to many as part of Day of the Dead
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 11/1/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
The kids of Working Classroom are thinking big this year as they mark the Day of the Dead.
State overpaid for APS special ed
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 10/28/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12 , Special Education
- Unrated
A legislative audit shows Albuquerque Public Schools owes $2.6 million to the state and questions why teachers had so many days away from their classrooms.
Gov. Richardson readies presidential plan for college rebates
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 10/25/2007
- Daily EdNews , Higher Education
- Unrated
Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson plans to unveil an education plan that would give college students access to $3.6 billion in exchange for public service.
Albuquerque school board member says 'drastic measures' needed to improve academic failure
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 10/18/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
A school board member has called for "drastic measures for drastic times" to help the neediest children in Albuquerque.
Males avoiding teaching out of fear of allegations
- By Albuquerque Tribune
- Published 10/8/2007
- Daily EdNews , K-12
- Unrated
Sexual misconduct allegations against five male educators in Albuquerque have had a chilling effect on men in the teaching ranks.

