Education Publications

How the Federal COVID-19 Response Impacts New Mexico: Education

Fact Sheet (sixth in the series) New Mexico's schools, colleges, and universities have been under-resourced for more than a decade. While the state did increase funding for the past two years, the pandemic and recession will make it difficult to keep our education budgets whole. Federal funding will help, but more will be needed. (State-level data on K-12 funding levels and child care enrollment)

Early Childhood Education Helps All Kids Thrive

Alex McCausland2021-08-26T11:21:50-06:00Economic Security Publications, Education Publications, Local Data, Publications, Tax and Budget Publications|

Policy Brief All New Mexico children deserve to have the opportunities in their most formative years that will help them to thrive and succeed in life. Unfortunately too many kids in New Mexico lack access to such opportunities either because their hard-working families cannot afford them or programs are simply not available in their communities. (State-level data on child and family poverty, and child care costs)