New Mexico Public Education Department

Almost exactly a year after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham first ordered K-12 schools closed to reduce spread of the coronavirus, her administration…

Student athletes everywhere watched their seasons dissolve during the pandemic, but there’s hope for sports to resume this spring. In New Mexico, to…

UPDATE 1/31 2p: Peña-Hanson says she is no longer supporting both bills and that Gordon Bernell Charter School will focus only on HB 152. New Mexico…

At a town hall in Albuquerque on Wednesday, Dec. 18, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham presented her top education priorities for the 30-day legislative session…

Eight northern New Mexico schools are getting extra state funding to better serve Native American students. The New Mexico Public Education Department…

About one in 60 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) nationwide, and that rate is rising. The New Mexico Public Education Department…

Just half of New Mexico high school seniors last year filled out a form to get federal assistance in paying for college, according to state officals. Now,…

As New Mexico students settle back into the classroom, the Public Education Department is getting a new leader. Dr. Ryan Stewart was hired just a few…

As kids head back to school soon, districts must contend with a new state law allowing students with a medical marijuana prescription to take their…

The New Mexico legislature this spring passed increases in education funding, in response to a judge’s order saying the state has violated the…