Tag: poverty

  • A View Toward UpLift: KIDS COUNT Data Drops: New Mexico Stays Last Place

    A View Toward UpLift: KIDS COUNT Data Drops: New Mexico Stays Last Place

    School may be out for summer but the latest KIDS COUNT Data Book just dropped, and New Mexico’s child well-being and primary education rankings remain abysmal. The state scored 50th in the nation on both counts and the causes of these last-place New Mexican crises are interdependent. To enact meaningful, long-term improvements in our state’s…