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Graduation Rates, 2010
4-Year Cohort Graduation Rates, Class of 2010 Graduation serves as the AYP Other Academic Indicator only for schools with a 12th grade. Graduation rates are not calculated for schools with... Read more »
Bilingual advocate retires
One of Albuquerque’s bilingual pioneers has ended her 23-year reign. Dora Ortiz has retired from her job as the principal of Dolores Gonzales Elementary, the Barelas school named for a... Read more »
Be a mentor to local youths
Q: I just returned from service in Afghanistan. Looking around my hometown, I see young people who seem like they’re drifting. Seniors cruise the town, waiting for graduation. I was... Read more »
Artists win with posters supporting safe homes, same-sex marriage
A statewide art competition focused on human rights brought out the best in a couple of young, local artists who ended up winning. The competition was organized by the nonprofit... Read more »
Second chances earned
FARMINGTON — It’s not usually a big deal for a student to ride a bike to school. It is a big deal when the student is a widower and single... Read more »
Independence Days?
School is out, and the adolescent slumbering under the pile of laundry on his bed wants to hibernate until dinner. Preteens are too young for most jobs, and they’re too... Read more »
Scholarship winner helped file tax forms
At age 18, Carol Muskett can do something that stumps many adults: She can prepare taxes. The Los Lunas High School senior was just awarded $25,000 in scholarships for her... Read more »
Los Padillas to start school hour earlier
The school day will start a little earlier next year at Los Padillas Elementary. The South Valley school is moving its start time an hour earlier, from 9 a.m. to... Read more »
Good speakers master 6 traits
Q: To listen to my 16-year-old daughter, Alicia, you’d think she had a vocabulary of three words. She says “like” constantly in a Valley Girl voice. She has a summer... Read more »
Playworks teaches children how to play again
Some low-income Albuquerque schools are getting a visit from a national nonprofit that helps children learn to play and reclaims recess as a time for fun. “In some cases …... Read more »
Programs aim to cut dropouts
Keeping struggling kids in class is a challenge most schools confront, and a local nonprofit is getting help from a national group to tackle the issue here. Albuquerque-based nonprofit Youth... Read more »
