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“SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS UPDATE https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/
The goal of the updating New Mexico’s Social Studies Standards is to ensure that all of our students see themselves reflected in the classroom, that our learning environments are culturally and linguistically responsive, and that the rich backgrounds and perspectives of all New Mexicans come alive in the classroom. The proposed draft social studies standards have been published and are available here. The PED is currently accepting public comments on the proposed standards. The public may attend the hearing for the new rule, which will be held via Zoom on Friday, November 12. Find more info here.
The process for commenting is via an email to rule.feedback@state.nm.us. If you want to make a specific comment on the standards, note that the NM PED releases the sent emails on the same page – exactly how they are sent in – including the names and emails of those who responded.
· Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
· Proposed Strikethrough current standards hover over to see links
· Proposed Integrated -proposed standards also attached
· Public Comment (Updated 10/29/2021) 568 pages of comments that have been submitted thus far
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UPDATE: The public limited rehearing in rulemaking for 6.29.1.9 NMAC, General Provisions, will be held via Zoom, To join the hearing, click the Zoom link or dial one of the phone numbers below:
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Meeting ID: 876 7045 7282
Passcode: 183313
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Timeline:
The public comment period ends November 12, 2021 at 5 p.m. (MDT).
The public hearing will be held Friday, November 12 from 10 am. to 3 p.m. (MDT) on Zoom.
Once the public hearing concludes, NM PED will work with team leads to make any additional adjustments and changes to the rule based on common themes from public comment. Their goal is to have the final rule set by Dec 14.
It is essential that INDIVIDUALS comment. There is a false rumor that the standards are teaching Critical Race Theory, so many of the comments submitted thus far are opposing the standards on that basis. They contend that these more inclusive standards distort history and “shame and blame white children for things that they weren’t responsible for.”
Please see a very articulate comment from one of our esteemed colleagues who has served on numerous education committees for decades.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Changes to social studies essential for critical thinking
· Oct 30, 2021
As the mother of a New Mexico public schools graduate, grandmother of current students, mother-in-law of a teacher and supporter and advocate for public education, I support the New Mexico Public Education Department’s proposed social studies standards. I have reviewed the standards. They are well overdue. They provide age/grade-appropriate, comprehensive, up-to-date, fact-based, culturally inclusive, realistic coverage of social studies over time and disciplines. Critical thinking and respect are emphasized throughout. Historical truth is not always pretty, but the ugliness cannot be ignored or it will be continued or repeated. Students are encouraged to look at the influences that were involved in getting them, their families, community, state, country and world to where it is today without “making other people feel bad” and while demonstrating “respect for the feelings of people who are similar and different.”
Our children are our future. They must be prepared for citizenship in a diverse global environment. The proposed standards will prepare them to be active participants in their future and society. To support students and teachers, parents and the community also must be provided education on the standards so that have an understanding of historical truth and inclusion that might not be a part of our education and life experience. I encourage anyone who wants New Mexico students to be prepared to be informed, critical-thinking, respectful global citizens to review the proposed social studies standards and submit comments by the hearing deadline of Nov. 12.
Carol I. Johnson
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/changes-to-social-studies-essential-for-critical-thinking/article_240d04ca-3848-11ec-9d4f-7f0cc7b4c39b.html#tncms-source=login
Please see an excerpt from the New Mexican’s opinion piece today:
From mobs opposing mask mandates in schools to irate crowds demanding “critical race theory” not be taught, the goal is to make and keep parents angry. There is not a critical race theory curriculum in K-12 education. There is, however, a greater willingness to tackle tough subjects and teach fact instead of myth. . . .
In New Mexico, where we thankfully have been spared much of this fake outrage, the proposed new social studies standards are being attacked as part of a so-called liberal indoctrination of students. One victim of a concerted campaign against the standards is an in-person hearing. GOP leaders had asked for more than two hours to give feedback at the gathering; instead, there will be a Zoom hearing. It’s still on Nov. 12, starting at 10 a.m. with a link to join available at the state Public Education Department website — and it will be four hours, double the time originally scheduled. Parents and others have time to comment. They also can send in written remarks. A longer, virtual meeting is safer considering the continual spread of COVID-19 and eliminates the performance aspect that has plagued other communities.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/governors-race-in-virginia-has-page-turning-implications/article_68336192-3912-11ec-a096-0793870b86a0.html
Thank you!
Meredith Machen, Education Co-Chair
League of Women Voters of New Mexico
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AAUW Remembers Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute
One Million Girls, filling the one million jobs in STEM in the next decade with women of color MGM Moonshot Factsheet – Equity
2021 Legislative Session Successes
HB 20 Healthy Workplaces Act
SB10/SB80 Decriminalizing Abortion
HB29 No School Discrimination for Hair
SB304 Independent Redistricting Commission
HB55 Bringing Transparency to New Mexico’s Process for Funding Public Infrastructure Projects
HB 98 Ending the Taxation of Delivered Groceries
Disappointments
SB 66 Ending Predatory Lending did not pass
HB163/SB170 Financial Literacy passes, but Governor did not sign into law
HB 79 Open Primaries stopped early in committee process
HB19 Repealing the Tax on Social Security failed to make it out of committee
2020 Legislative Session Laws signed into Law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham:
HB 25 Pregnancy Workers Accomodation Act
HB 21 Prohibiting Nondisclosure Agreements when settling sexual harassment and sexual assault claims.
HB 44 NM Work and Save Act state fund for small business employees to set up retirement savings account
SB 5 NM Red Flag Law
First claim against 2013 New Mexico Fair Pay Act with Corrections Department settled in summer 2019. New Mexico State employees covered under the law.
2019 Legislative Session disappointments: HB51 Decriminalization of Abortion–passed House, lost in Senate
HJRI Land Grant Fund for Early Childhood–passed House, killed in Senate
2019 Legislative Session wins: SB688 State Ethics Commission–won
SB672 Early and Automatic Voter Registration–won
SB283 Amended Guaranteed Payment for Lottery Scholarship program–won
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Catherine Greenspan is about to publish a book about five black women executives in the energy industry — these women (now in their 60’s and 70’s) were often the ONLY woman and especially the only woman of color in their respective careers. Their book aims to mentor girls/women going into energy or any traditionally male-dominated field. Read her STEM blog here
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Cheri Burch, Claudia Poglitsch and Helena Whyte presented a Tech Trek NM panel at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Region Conference in Salt Lake City. Utah.
The 2018 NM Legislative Session is over.
3 bills signed by the governor included budget items. She did make line item vetoes.
2 memorials passed: HM 89 requests the crime victims reparation commission to convene a task force on human trafficking to collaborate with the task force convened by the New Mexico Office of the Attorney General and with the New Mexico Tribal Task Force on human trafficking to develop strategies and policies to fulfill and improve services for victims of human trafficking throughout the state. SM 8 requests the Public Education Department and the Legislative Education Study Committee to study and evaluate potential solutions to decrease the rates of suicide by firearms and gun violence in schools.
SB 19 Uniform Guardianship & Other Arrangements passed.
7 AAUW NM members participated in AAUW convention in Washington DC June 14-17, 2017. We met with both senators and all three representives. We left a summary copy of the new research report Deeper in Debt and asked for support for additional Pell Grant funding, Loan Forgiveness, and Income-Driven Repayment. We spoke to the need for support for Title IX enforcement and funding for Office of Civil Rights to continue sexual assault investigations and to ensure schools comply with all aspects of Title IX. Justice Sotomayor walked among the tables as she spoke to us. I was shocked to see 7 security people with her (a disturbing sign of our times). I was shocked that my registration fee did not cover all the costs of my attendance. I was shocked that coffee/tea service for 3 days would have cost over $30k (so only water served except for meals provided).
I was honored to participate in the NM state convention and the Rocky Mountain Regional Conference in Albuquerque July 14-17, 2016. It was amazing! The MM team should be so proud of such a rich and deep conference. I walked away from each session having learned something new–and thinking deeply about what was presented and was further energized on our AAUW mission of empowering girls and women! And the accomplishments highlighted by each state–I was in awe! Melissa Johnsen, Colorado e-network Branch
2021 C-SPAN2 Book TV Nonfiction Interviews with female authors have included:
Amanda Ripley author of High Conflict Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
Nicole Perlroth author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends The Cyberweapons Arms Race
Harriet Washington author of Carte Blanche and Medical Apartheid
Cathy Park Hong author of Minor Feelings
Amelia Pang author of Made in China
Sarah Freir author of No Filter: The Invisible Story of Instagram
Helen Andrews author of Boomers
Catherine Flowers author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
2019 Books Recommended Reading:
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez