Posts Tagged ‘Youth and Families Department’
Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in NM Schools
10.20.23 – Chronic absenteeism has long persisted in New Mexico’s rollcall of school problems. The rate ticked down in the most recently completed school year, but it’s more than doubled since 2019. KUNM’s Megan Kamerick hosts a special roundtable to talk about what the state is doing to get more students to show up to…
Read MoreJournalist Ed Williams on Reporting Systemic Failures at CYFD
6.23.23 – Journalist Ed Williams has had his shovel out this past year, digging deep into our state’s troubled foster care system for nonprofit news outlets Searchlight New Mexico and ProPublica. Ed’s last handful of stories have revealed devastating abuses and entrenched systemic failures — with some of New Mexico’s most vulnerable kids bearing the…
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