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| Governor Susana Martinez's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Nothing we do is more indispensable to our future well-being or will receive more attention from my administration than guaranteeing our children a quality education.
Student Achievement, Accountability, Finance
-- Place a command-focus on student performance and progress, not just on how much money we're spending.
-- We must end the culture of low expectations.
"Kids First, New Mexico Wins" plan is comprised of four key initiatives:
-- First, get money out of the bureaucracy and into the classroom. Today, only 61 cents of every education dollar makes it to the classroom.
-- Second, adopt an easy-to-understand, easy-to-implement system of grading. Schools will be assigned letter grades A, B, C, D or F. And these grades will be posted to the Web. That's real accountability that will yield real results. Greater accountability will ensure we identify struggling students in all grades.We will focus attention on the lowest-performing 25 percent of students. Get them help immediately. Target failing schools with immediate intervention. Currently, it takes approximately five years to identify and intervene in a failing school.
-- Third, end social promotion, the practice of passing children from one grade to the next before they have mastered the basics. The New Mexico "Ready for Success" initiative will get struggling students the help they need before we pass them on to the next grade.
Teaching Quality
-- Reward New Mexico's best teachers. The most important people in the lives of our students are parents and teachers.
The quality of our teachers is the key to improving our quality of education. A system that evaluates and rewards excellence will attract the best and brightest to New Mexico classrooms.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
N/A - Newly-Elected Governor
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