Thanks to investments made by @POTUS, there’s a tsunami of great, well-paying jobs coming – and we're making sure this generation of students is prepared to ride the wave.
See how:
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"Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics."
Another beautiful day at Explora! The scavenger hunt was an absolute success. It was heartwarming to see so many people excited to complete the puzzles.
@cyfemat@MathHappensOrg@ExploraNM
It is ironic that the DOD spends so much money trying to teach foreign languages, yet the government as a whole does not believe in bilingual education. Dual language programs should be the norm, not the exception.
The last math teachers' circle session this semester with be held on April 5 at 5pm. Register by Monday at 8pm to attend! https://t.co/leiPsMqkgs
#professionaldevelopment#teachersofABQ@cyfemat
Today, New Mexico became the first state in the nation to make free AND healthy school meals the law of the land. Feeding our kids is feeding our future - and we are investing!
Today we had a Geometiles station, a 21st Century Pattern Blocks station, a Seed of Life necklace station, and a few optical illusions.
We also had the highest recorded session with over 250 participants!
#mathexhibit#explora@cyfemat@MathHappensOrg
New Mexico is a leader in tuition-free higher education, boosting college enrollment to an all-time high. Students graduating without debt will directly impact more New Mexicans entering into critical professions like teaching, nursing, and STEM. https://t.co/wQv2u3oXYm
more than one language is unfit to be a good citizen.” - Amado Chaves, the Territorial Superintendent of Public Education, in 1896
Multicultural and multilingual education is necessary in the classroom. Embracing your culture and mother tongue is crucial for self-development.
“Spanish America offers a vast, unexplored field to the enterprise, energy, and intelligence of the youth of the United States. It is a crime against nature and humanity to try to rob the children of New Mexico of this, their natural advantage, of the language that is theirs by
birthright, to deprive them of the advantages, great and numerous, which those have who command speech in two languages. English and Spanish are to go hand in hand in our schools, and only the height of bigotry and supine ignorance will or can ever affirm that the possessor of
I stopped by @TylerTigersDC in DC today to share one of my favorite books with students.
In De Aquí como el Coquí by Normar Perez, a young boy moves to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico & learns his new home isn't much different than where he came from. #ReadAcrossAmerica
Geometiles were an absolute hit at the @MathHappensOrg and @cyfemat exhibit today! I am looking forward to expanding this station in the following weeks.
I am looking for staff for a #paidinternship at our #math exhibit at Explora. $15/hr for college students, $25/hr for recent graduates, and $37.50/hr for teachers with some experience. https://t.co/aV517gZJfg
#unm#cyfemat#mathhappens