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Public Education Department visits Las Cruces, announces $200,000 for Valley View Elementary Miranda Cyr, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - New Mexico Public Education Department officials came to Las Cruces Public Schools to check in on the district Friday and see how they've handled the return to in-person instruction. © Nathan J Fish/Sun-News Las Cruces Public Schools interim superintendent Ralph Ramos is pictured at Valley View Elementary on Friday, April 9, 2021. The officials visited Valley View Elementary, which has a little over 70 percent of its students face-to-fac...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal The New Mexico Public Education Department is pursuing a federal waiver for standardized testing this spring to make way for flexibility and to lower the stakes during the pandemic. Last spring, all testing was waived after March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to PED. Deputy Secretary Gwen Perea Warniment said the agency is now seeking permission to do testing without the usual consequences that are tied to the assessment outcomes, such as holding a student back or penalizing a school. “We are, right now, in the process of applying for a ...

Created: January 14, 2021 06:07 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Now that we are ten months into this pandemic, parents understand the struggles their children face each day participating in virtual learning. Parents across New Mexico have seen their children disengage and in many cases not participate in learning at all. The KOB 4 Investigates team sent out a records request to every New Mexico school district requesting attendance data.  The information that came back reveals more than 22,000 students statewide have been listed as chronically absent, or missing more than 20% of instructio...