Gallup Sun

Dear Arsenio Romero Ph.D., NM Secretary of Education,

I am writing to you on behalf of hundreds of New Mexico teachers and school personnel. In a recent  letter to District Leaders, you wrote that “It is time for accountability: for the Public Education  Department, for the school districts (including their boards and schools), charter schools, teachers'  unions and families.” Like you, we are very concerned about the persistently low academic achievement  of New Mexico’s students.

We wanted to share with you a list of the Top 8 Ways that the Public Education Department can  help ensure student success. This list has been compiled as a result of input from teachers and...

The latest move to bolster border communities

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, published an op-ed that details his years-long work to fully fund the operations of the Southwest Border Regional Commission.

The Southwest Border Regional Commission is one of eight authorized federal regional commissions and authorities, which are congressionally-chartered, federal-state partnerships created to promote economic development in their respective regions.

In December, Heinrich introduced the Southwest Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act to reauthorize and fully fund the SBRC, which is working to grow thriving...

Ah, it’s a new year — a clean slate, full of hope. Think of the countless ways we’ll all mess things up.

Sorry to paint a pessimistic picture on that blank canvas, but let’s be real about it. We will fall short — we’re human, after all. But that doesn’t keep us from looking at a few words today, does it?

To kick off a new year, we’re going to examine “new,” “knew” and “gnu,” a tantalizing trio of words that can’t wait to leap into your lexicon in 2024.

Let’s start with “new,” that shape-shifting chameleon of language. It paints a kaleidoscope of colorful possibilities. From the crisp canvas of a fresh year to the squalling novelty of a baby...

It’s resolution time, which means your local gym’s treadmills will be in high demand while they glisten with other people’s sweat (until roughly the end of February). You’ve probably set some goals for yourself and defined ways you’d like to be more awesome in 2024. Allow me to suggest an additional resolution: to win at life with better grammar.

We can start right now. Since it’s time to lead off a new year, let’s examine the words lead and led, which often trip us up (just like that treadmill you set at a slightly too ambitious speed).

Lead is an example of a heteronym. Heteronyms are homographs that are spelled the same, have different meanings and sound different...