{"id":19203,"date":"2024-07-30T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?post_type=cw_post&p=19203"},"modified":"2024-08-29T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T22:08:39","slug":"innovation-in-new-mexico-the-origins-of-community-driven-student-centered-systems-change","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/innovation-in-new-mexico-the-origins-of-community-driven-student-centered-systems-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation in New Mexico: The Origins of Community-Driven, Student-Centered Systems Change"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a lawsuit brought against the state of New Mexico by families, school districts, and nonprofits, the court ruled in 2018 that the state had violated children\u2019s constitutional right to a sufficient education. Plaintiffs <\/span>pointed<\/span><\/a> to the \u201cstate\u2019s low graduation rate (the lowest in the nation, at 70 percent), proficiency rates in reading and math (with 70 percent of students performing below grade level), and significant rates of college remediation (with almost 50 percent of college attendees requiring remedial courses).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As a result of <\/span>Yazzie and Martinez v. State of New Mexico<\/span><\/i>, the state was ordered to better prepare all students for the rigors of college and the workforce and expand access to culturally and linguistically relevant curriculum, especially for youth with disabilities, students from low-income households, English-language learners, and Native American youth.<\/span><\/p>\n