Arizona Pre K Results Bode Poorly for NM

Rio Grande Foundation policy analyst Stephen Ford discusses the results (or lack thereof) of Arizona’s Pre-K program and how they may be relevant for New Mexico policymakers in the Rio Rancho Observer. Unfortunately, albeit not surprisingly, Governor Richardson is not concerned with results and is moving ahead with even greater funding for pre K, [...]

Everitt’s Legacy Overshadowed by No Child Left Behind

As a product of Albuquerque Public Schools, I feel strongly attached to its fortunes and misfortunes. As of Monday, superintendent Elizabeth Everitt announced her refusal to renew her contract next year. She leaves her office as a controversial figure.
Whatever achievements Everitt did or did not accomplish, her tenure is tainted by the effects [...]

Big Government Conservatives and Government Education

A few weeks ago I blogged about a David Brooks column in which he claimed that the “free market” is failing to produce enough educated workers for the American economy.
It was good to see John Stossel express many of the same thoughts I did in a recent column. We have enough problems with the teachers’ [...]

Free Market in Education???

David Brooks of the New York Times has never been my favorite columnist. I’ve never really thought that he “gets it” when it comes to limited government and personal freedom. He also made several factual mistakes (the RailRunner is not “light rail” for example and New Mexico is not a “Red State“) in a recent [...]

Teacher Pay in New Mexico

Before I even get into this topic, it is important to clarify that there is no real evidence that spending more money improves educational performance. That said, I noticed a recent story noting that New Mexico now ranks 35th in education spending among the 50 states.
It may seem that we are not spending enough [...]

Half of Every Tax Dollar Goes Towards Education

The New Mexico Department of Taxation and Revenue opens it’s webpage with a question; who benefits when taxes are collected? It then goes on to proudly proclaim that 47% of your tax dollars go to public schools!
If someone’s benefitting from this program, I’m not seeing who it is. It’s certainly not benefitting the [...]

Education from the Top Down

Yesterday, the US Census Bureau released its latest report on the public financing of elementary-secondary education. The data itself is also available.
On average, $8,701 of taxpayer money was spent on each student nationwide in 2005. New Mexico ranks at #35 in spending, $7,580 per K-12 student. Compared to its neighbors, New Mexico collects more revenue [...]

NM’s Education Pyramid Scheme?

Mark Perry blogs about out-of-control retiree costs in Michigan public schools. My guess is that New Mexico faces a similar situation. Can anyone enlighten us on public school retirement formulae in NM?

Dropping Out is Expensive, duh!

A new national study analyzes the economic loss high school dropouts place on the economies of the 50 states. Not surprisingly, given its size, New Mexico suffers from a relatively heavy burden. In fact, the class of 2006 dropouts are expected to cost taxpayers $3.3 billion.
For some reason, although the study was released in January, [...]

Personal Finance

While we at the Rio Grande Foundation focus a vast majority of our time and attention on public policy and how it impacts average New Mexicans, personal finance and money management are important as well. This is an excellent blog on personal finance with a New Mexico-specific focus. There is also an excellent book called [...]

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