Discussion Topic: Education
Commentary: New Mexico can’t sue its way to better schools
By: D. Dowd Muska This article appeared in the New Mexican on June 26, 2017. An article from the opposite perspective appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on June 30. Unlike Muska's clear-eyed article below, Armas' article (linked) is full of hope and goals, but little...
KrisAnne Hall: Attorney, former prosecutor, and Constitutional Scholar to highlight “Forgotten Patriots” at Rio Grande Foundation Luncheon
Click here for registration form. KrisAnne Hall is an attorney and former prosecutor who travels the country teaching the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. KrisAnne will connect the dots for you like no one else can! Host of The...
Is Albuquerque Public Schools Really Cut to the Bone?
Santa Fe Voters’ Sugary Drinks Tax Rejection Good News for New Mexicans
Voters in the liberal bastion of Santa Fe, in record numbers (for a special election), turned out to reject a tax on sugary drinks that proponents planned to use to fund a new pre-k system by a decisive 58 to 42% margin. Said Rio Grande Foundation president Paul...
Come up with a better alternative, Mr. Terrazas
The Rio Grande Foundation has clear and specific views on economic policy. We support concepts like "right to work," school choice, and others that reduce government's role in the economy and in picking winners and losers. There are valid critiques of any and all...
Gov. Martinez was Right to Wield Veto Pen
There has been a lot of criticism of Gov. Martinez in the wake of her use of the veto pen in the wake of the 2017 legislative session. Tough economic times are not fun and New Mexico (unlike most other states in the union) remains in the midst of tough times....
Albuquerque Public Schools Cuts Middle School Athletics, while Per-Pupil Spending Outpaces Nation/Other NM Districts
UPDATE: The original chart displayed in this post contained data that made APS' spending look even more out of line with spending in other school districts. This is because of a discrepancy over total spending vs. operational spending.. APS annual spending exceeds...
‘Soda Tax’ Unwarranted, Unworkable
ALBUQUERQUE, April 17 -- The “No Way Santa Fe” education initiative, a project of the Rio Grande Foundation, released an issue brief today that exposes the fallacies behind Mayor Javier Gonzales’s proposed tax on sugary drinks. On May 2, Santa Feans will vote on the...
RGF weighs in on proposed Santa Fe soda tax on KOB TV
Rio Grande Foundation to kick off “School Choice Week” Along with Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, Secretary Skandera at Roundhouse on Monday
ALBUQUERQUE — Lieutenant Governor John Sanchez and Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera will headline a rally of hundreds of students, parents, teachers, and community leaders to kick off School Choice Week in New Mexico. School Choice Week 2017 kicks off in New...
Las Cruces TV interview: Preview of 2017 legislative session
Paul Gessing was recently in Las Cruces and sat down with Fred Martino of KRWG TV to discuss some of the issues that Rio Grande Foundation is working on and some of the issues facing our State in the 2017 legislative session. The interview is about 15 minutes and can...
2015 Payrolls for New Mexico’s Institutes of Higher Education
New Mexico's Higher Education Payrolls The Rio Grande Foundation strongly supports open government and transparency. To that end, the Foundation regularly requests public records and posts them online in an effort to make public records more publicly-available. It is...
