After several threats of school shootings so far this year, the state DOJ is pushing to increase criminal penalties for making those threats. New Mexico law enforcement and school officials came together yesterday to explain why they’re supporting the measure.

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After a long career in education, including nearly six as the governor's chief education policy advisor, Mariana Padilla was elevated to the position of secretary of the New Mexico Department of Public Education.

With the beginning of another school year in Santa Fe, district officials are hopeful that a range of approaches to improving attendance will pay off.

Eleven indigenous filmmakers, including nine from New Mexico, converge on the Santa Fe Community College camnpus for a free three-week workshop with faculty from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

New Mexico singer-songwriter Lucy Barna launches a new songwriting camp in Madrid for girls in middle and high school.

Federal and New Mexico officials convene to celebrate EPA grants for environmental clean-up assessment and job training in the state.

US Senators of New Mexico, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan, introduce bipartisan legislation that would extend the amount of time exchange teachers can stay in the country to ensure quality educators are in rural and tribal areas.

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) welcomes a new certificate program to its growing academic offerings, Artist Indigenization of Artificial Intelligence. As deepfakes have become a growing societal concern, IAIA proposes an alternative, cultivating a “deepreal.”

Senator Heinrich introduced legislation to help level the playing field for New Mexico’s children and improve student literacy rates nationally.