Last week Judge Sarah Singleton issued a ruling that the constitutional rights of at-risk public schools students in New Mexico have been violated due to inadequate funding. Today Hannah Colton invited her KUNM listeners and panel of guests to talk about “How New Mexico Is Failing To Educate At-Risk Students.”

I shot out an email while State Senator John Arthur Smith was on the line, noting that diverse advanced and gifted students too may be at-risk, and that funding for their services existed but lacked earmarking for accountability. Senator Smith seemed to suggest that, though districts preferred to maintain autonomy when it comes to using their distributions of operational funding, they may need some oversight in this responsibility of funding gifted education. Have a listen and let me know what you think.

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About Steve Heil

Steve supports advanced and gifted students of Santa Fe Public Schools as a Gifted Specialist and maintains National Board Certification in Teaching Early/Middle Childhood Art. In his previous work as an art teacher in Gallup, NM, he achieved a Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award, and he continues to advocate for improvement in the teaching profession as a Golden Apple Academy member.