New Mexico Governor Pushing a Wide Array of Ideas for Education
Gov. Bill Richardson is proposing to relieve overcrowding in schools, double the number of children in prekindergarten programs, and give a tax credit to highly qualified teachers who work in schools with the greatest needs, as ways to improve New Mexico’s education system.
In his Jan. 16 State of the State address, Gov. Richardson, a Democrat who was re-elected in November to a second term, said that expanding opportunity for every New Mexican means “investing for the long haul” in education.
In addition to pledging $20 million for charter schools, he is asking the state legislature for $283 million to repair schools and to alleviate overcrowding in schools. “Kids cannot learn in...
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