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Nashville Rabbi Jessica Shimberg to host first Earth Seder for Passover as reminder of Jewish connections to environment.

State lawmakers are responding to criticism that they did not put enough state money toward the teacher pay raises that passed the legislature earlier this year. On Thursday, they emphasized that it’s all fully funded.

More than, 5,500 students are leaving Albuquerque Public Schools, creating a massive budget deficit for the district. 

More than, 5,500 students are leaving Albuquerque Public Schools, creating a massive budget deficit for the district. 

More than, 5,500 students are leaving Albuquerque Public Schools, creating a massive budget deficit for the district. 

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed education bills that will increase salaries of school workers, and increase benefits for teachers.These are efforts to address severe staffing shortages at schools amid burnout that has accelerated in the pandemic. However, fixing the issues will require many different solutions.

One warehouse is holding 5,000 filters

“Fewer kids means less money, less money means fewer staff. We already have fewer staff," said Ellen Bernstein, President Albuquerque Teacher's Federation. 

As a first-year teacher in New Mexico earning $32,000 annually before taxes and deductions, Whitney Holland lived in a tiny apartment with a roommate and worked a second job as a nanny on weekends to make ends meet. “It was really, really hard,” said Holland, now president of the American Federation of Teachers New Mexico. […]

As Great Exhaustion sets in, teacher union moves to find shortage solutions amid two years of COVID turmoil For Release: