Last weekend at the Politics and Pancakes breakfast I was talking to State Representative Al Parks about the problem of educational funding in New Mexico. Like most people who work in the field of education this topic makes me and others angry at people like State Senator John A. Smith and people like him who are so rich that they don’t care about our children’s education. Why more representatives don’t support representatives like Al Parks, State Senator Tim Keller and State Senator Tim Eichenberg is beyond me because the one sure way to raise our ranking is to help these men improve education through new programs that would attract quality educators and provide for more quality local educators through training and further education. The problem is that most representatives fear State Senator Smith and allow him to intimidate them into harming our educational system with his desire to decrease funding for it. State Senator Smith is the loudest and most outspoken when it comes to attacking educators in this state and as we can see from our current ranking his attacks over the past years are causing great harm to our children and their future opportunities for high paying jobs.A few facts about education in New Mexico:
State Ranking for Education
46-California
47-Nevada
48-New Mexico
49-Mississippi
50- Arizona
Lack of funding for New Mexico Education to be more than $350 million underfunded which was determined by a statewide task force.
