By Denise Tessier The Albuquerque Journal finally ran a “For the Record” Friday (March 8) correcting two mistakes that were made in its editorial of a full week before (March 1). The editorial’s topic: support for confirmation of Hanna Skandera. The correction says the editorial, “Skandera has earned New Mexico’s support,” was wrong in saying [...]
Entries Tagged as 'education reform'
Setting the Record Straight on Hanna Skandera
March 8th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Education, NM Legislature, Uncategorized
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Graduation Numbers Get Attention, But Don’t Fully Explain What’s Going on in Education
January 31st, 2013 · 2 Comments · Education
By Denise Tessier Once again, Journal education reporter Hayley Heinz has gone beyond the staged announcements she dutifully reports in the Journal to delve further into what’s going on in the state’s schools. This time, she went farther on two fronts, one of which is especially significant. First, to her credit, Heinz followed up a [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent Winston Brooks·Denise Tessier·education reform·Gov. Susana Martinez·Hanna Skandera·Hayley Heinz·high school graduation rates·Rep. Mimi Stewart·students transitioning to poverty·Therese Carroll·Title I schools
Blog Goes Beyond Print to Debunk Myths on Education
January 15th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Education, NM Legislature
By Denise Tessier With education reform again on the to-do lists of both the governor and state legislators, it behooves those involved to be alert for outside agendas that might influence the discussion – and any outcomes that might result during this year’s legislative session. On Jan. 9, Journal education reporter Hayley Heinz did readers [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Denise Tessier·education reform·Gov. Susana Martinez·Hanna Skandera·Hayley Heinz·U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Journal Gives Discredited Heartland a Podium
September 6th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier The Albuquerque Journal’s Op-Ed page at times is a virtual mine field for unsuspecting readers. Case in point is the recent letter, “Kids Should Have School Choice,” which among its five brief sentences contained this line: Public charter schools help break up the government school monopoly on tuition-free schools. Great Scott! Readers, [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Denise Tessier·education reform·Heartland Institute
More on Florida Education Plan: Just Bunk?
February 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier To follow up on posts by colleague Tracy Dingmann and myself on Florida’s education plan: Tracy is spot-on that the Journal’s editorial endorsement of the Florida plan is likely due to the fact that the plan is the darling of the Rio Grande Foundation. (And I agree that Leslie Linthicum’s reality-based UpFront [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Bunkum Awards·education reform·Florida education plan·Heath Haussamen·Heritage Foundation·Leslie Linthicum·National Education Policy Center·Rio Grande Foundation
The Florida Education Panacea
February 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier It’s good to see that the Sunday Journal (Feb. 13) put on its front page the criticism New Mexico educators had for a plan that would pay $152,000 to eight out-of-state consultants – most of whom are policy wonks or communicators with no classroom experience — for advice on how to improve [...]
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