Recently, the School Board of Las Cruces unanimously approved the new “Policy JBC: Equity and Excellence for All Students" as the district's guide to implement school programs aimed at creating an ‘equitable learning environment’ throughout the system. The policy is a response in part to the 2018 landmark court decision Yazzie/Martinez vs. New Mexico which declared that at-risk children in New Mexico must receive the same level of education as their peers.
Nan Rubin returns to Café con Leche with Educational Analyst Michelle Valverde live in the studio and Dulcinea Lara, Director of Borderlands & Ethnic Studies at NMSU on the telephone, to talk about their state-wide Education Equity Campaign, and the ongoing debate here in Las Cruces about adopting these and related education mandates.
Nan Rubin returns to Café con Leche with Educational Analyst Michelle Valverde live in the studio and Dulcinea Lara, Director of Borderlands & Ethnic Studies at NMSU on the telephone, to talk about their state-wide Education Equity Campaign, and the ongoing debate here in Las Cruces about adopting these and related education mandates.
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