Kurt Steinhaus speaks to CESE at June 4 Annual Meeting
CESE's 2022 Annual Meeting featured Dr. Kurt Steinhaus, Secretary of the NM Public Education Department, speaking on the topic "Move the Needle: Improving Public Education in New Mexico." The meeting took place on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at 1:30 pm, at the UNM Continuing Education Center.
A video of the meeting can be seen here:
Additionally, the slides presented by Dr. Steinhaus can be perused here.
CESE thanks Dr. Kurt Steinhaus for a dynamic presentation. Upon review of the meeting video and slides, please feel free to contact Kim Johnson (kimber@comcast.net) with your comments on improving education in New Mexico.
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May 2022 Beacon: Annual Meeting Announced
The May 2022 Beacon (XXIV, No. 1) has been published! It includes a President’s Message by Jesse Johnson, a detailed look at "Luring Retirees Back into The Classroom" by Lisa Durkin, an article by Dr. Rebecca Reiss on "Does Science Literacy Need a Booster Shot? (Yes)", 2022 Science Fair Winners, and a Toon by Thomas.
It also announces the upcoming CESE Annual Meeting, June 4th 2022 at 1:30 PM, featuring an address by Kurt Steinhaus, Secretary of Education for the state of New Mexico.
This issue of the Beacon, along with every other issue, can be found on CESE's Beacon Page.
Save the Date! Secretary of Education Kurt Steinhaus to speak to CESE on June 4, 2022
That's right, Secretary of Education Kurt Steinhaus will be speaking to CESE on June 4, 2022, at 1:30 PM. His topic will be "Move the Needle.” The meeting will be hybrid In Person/Zoom.
Stay tuned for details! There will be more information in the upcoming Beacon!
CESE Meeting with Dr. Tracie Collins, secretary of the NM Department of Health
CESE's Annual Meeting was held on June 5th, 2021. The keynote speech by Dr. Tracie Collins, secretary of the NM Department of Health, can be viewed here. CESE thanks Dr. Collins for an informative presentation!
May 2021 Beacon: Annual Meeting Announced
Dr. Tracie Collins, MD, MPH, MHCDS, Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health
The May 2021 Beacon (XXIII, No. 2) has been published! This issue has a President’s Message by Lisa Durkin, a detailed look at "What is Culturally Relevant Instruction in the Era of Yazzie/Martinez?" by Jessica Apgar, Ph.D., Education and Anthony Rodriguez, Ph.D., Education, and the second article of a series on genetics by Dr. Rebecca Reiss, on the status of gender and genetics, and a Toon by Thomas. It also announces the upcoming CESE Annual Meeting, June 5th 2021 at 1:30 PM, featuring an address by Dr. Tracie Collins, MD, MPH, MHCDS, Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health. Details in the Beacon!
This issue of the Beacon, along with every other issue, can be found on CESE's Beacon Page.
SB-17 Hearing – CESE In The News
CESE was mentioned several times during a March 17, 2021 hearing on Senate Bill 17, the Family Income Index Act, sponsored by Mimi Stewart. Here's the clip!
January 2021 Beacon: Calculating NM At-Risk Funding with the CESE Method
The January 2021 Beacon (XXIII, No. 1) is now available! This issue has a president's message from Lisa Durkin, a major article by Kim Johnson on on "A New Way to Calculate NM At-Risk Funding Using the CESE Method: Introducing the Opportunity and Equity Index," and a toon by Thomas.
Read the whole account here.
From Lisa Durkin's introduction to Kim Johnson's article, "It represents the culmination of over 20 years of analytic inquiry into the elements that predict student outcomes, it builds an index of school remediation needs, and it provides an avenue to change the dynamics that plague our state as indicated by the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit." The article itself explains "The Method offers the potential to identify those schools that are both significantly outperforming and underperforming expectations using a predictive procedure that accounts for schools’ student demographics. As it turns out, this same performance predictive method can be used to identify schools both by name and their degree of “risk” as explained by those demographic factors associated with New Mexico’s educational achievement gap that manifests from kindergarten through 12th grade."
This issue of the Beacon, along with every other issue, can be found on CESE's Beacon Page.
CESE Annual Meeting Videos On-Line
The CESE 2020 Annual meeting took place on Saturday, June 27th. A video of the Business Meeting, which included election of this year's officers, can be seen here.
The keynote featured Mark Boslough, Ph.D., a research professor at the University of New Mexico, and physicist with Los Alamos National Laboratory. In "The Importance of Astronomical Drama," Mark discussed how meteors and comets impact society. The video of Mark's talk and the following Question and Answer period is here, as it was seen live on YouTube. The Q&A part of Mark's talk was also hosted on Zoom, and includes the same questions, along with videos of the CESE members themselves. The Q&A Zoom video can be seen here.
Congrats to the 2020-2021 Officers: President Lisa Durkin, Vice-President/President Elect Jesse Johnson, Secretary Dave Thomas, and Treasurer Steve Brugge.
2020 Annual Meeting: Dr. Mark Boslough on “The Importance of Astronomical Drama”
The New Mexico Coalition for Science and Math Education is pleased to announce that our 2020 annual meeting will feature Mark Boslough, Ph.D., a research professor at University of New Mexico, and physicist with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Mark will be speaking on "The Importance of Astronomical Drama", and will discuss how meteors and comets impact society, with examples from his own life, from history, and from pre-history. Perhaps you've seen Mark discussing impact science on television shows like NOVA on PBS. Join us on live on YouTube, Saturday, June 27th, 1:30 - 3:00 pm. There will be a CESE membership meeting prior to Mark's talk, email Kim Johnson for the details.