NS4ed Partners with New Mexico on Federally Funded Grant News provided by Share this article KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A five-year federal grant, Expanding Access to Well-Rounded Courses Demonstration, worth nearly $12 million, was awarded to the New Mexico Public Education Department this past September. The grant, named New Mexico Ready and Equitable Career and Technical Education (RECTE), will fund the creation of courses that help further students' career awareness, exploration or preparedness and help them become ready for college. These courses support academic learning through a career connected math curricula and expand access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses. The RECTE program will develop an online platform available to any high-school student in the state. RECTE will also offer customized CTE courses that expand career exploration, employability skills that provide the opportunity for students to connect to essential workplace competencies. The program will be measured by an increase in the enrollment in CTE courses and improved math performance across the state. An underlying goal of the RECTE model is to address Equity. The RECTE model hopes to ensure every student has a clear pathway and access to high wage / high growth jobs by the end of the grant term.