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Nov. 5, 2010
César E. Chávez Elementary School second-grade teacher James Dickerson accepts the Milken Family Foundation 2010 National Educator Award from New Mexico Public Education Department Secretary-Designate Dr. Susanna Murphy as Principal Carmen Gallegos-Marrujo looks on.


2010 Milken Educator Award recipient James Dickerson poses with some of his students.


Pictured (l to r): Ms. Linda Hale, Veteran Milken Educator (NM '97), Mr. James Dickerson, 2010 Milken Educator Award recipient, Ms. Carmen Gallegos-Marrujo, Principal, César E. Chávez Elementary School, Dr. Susanna Murphy, Designate New Mexico Secretary of Education, Mr. Stan Rounds, Superintendent-Las Cruces Public School District.
Nearly 4,000 Backpacks for Homeless Students Distributed to School Districts

September 8, 2010

Council of State Governments
2009 Innovations Award Winners

Idaho Sen. Bart Davis, CSG Chair 2009; Dr. Jim Holloway, Assistant Secretary, New Mexico Public Education Department; West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, III, CSG President 2009; and Idaho Rep. Rich Wills, CSG-WEST Chair

PED Holiday Staff Meeting
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Valley View Elementary
Blue Ribbon School 2009
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Blue Water Elementary
Blue Ribbon School 2009
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Harrison Schmitt Elementary
Blue Ribbon School 2009
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Summerfest 2009
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2008 Blue Ribbon Schools

US Department of Education Secretary Spellings announced the 2008 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools on September 9. The ceremony was held in Washington, DC on October 20-21.

Two New Mexico schools were represented. Click here to see more photos from this event.

Governor Bill Richardson Unveils Navajo Language Textbook in Gallup, Farmington

SANTA FE – Governor Bill Richardson traveled to Gallup High School and Farmington High
School today to talk with students and Navajo leaders about the first Navajo textbook, Dine
Bizaad Binahoo’aah (Rediscovering the Navajo Language). This is the first time that a text
written by a Navajo author has been adopted as a textbook for teaching the Navajo language.

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Secretary of Education Dr. Veronica C. García is shown with the Velarde Elementary School Student Council and Espanola Superintendent, Dr. David Cockerham as Velarde Elementary School celebrated their 2008 NCLB Blue Ribbon School award on September 22, 2008.

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New Mexico Adopts Navajo Language Textbook

Dr. García with Dr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie.

The textbook is Dine Bizaad Binahoo’aah (Rediscovering the Navajo Language), written by Dr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, Professor of Navajo at Northern Arizona University, and Dr. Margaret Speas, Professor of Linguistics at University of Massachusetts.

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Governor Bill Richardson and Secretary of Education open the Tax Free Holiday Weekend, August 1-3, 2008, at Santa Fe’s Target store

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The National Governors Association (NGA) presented an Award for Distinguished Service to State Government to Education Secretary Veronica García at their Centenniel Meeting in Philadelphia on July 13, 2008 | full story

NMPED's Early Childhood Education Bureau hosted a reception to celebrate

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NMPED celebrated Summerfest 2008 on August 28, 2008 | View more photos from this event

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Jason Wolfe, Belinda Vigil, Noreen Romero, Louie Guzman Jr, Sharon Purcell, Donna Harrington, Virginia Padilla Vigil, Dr. Tim Snyder

(Left to right: Jason Wolfe, Belinda Vigil, Noreen Romero, Louie Guzman Jr, Sharon Purcell, Donna Harrington, Virginia Padilla Vigil, Dr. Tim Snyder)

Lt. Governor Diane Denish and Education Secretaries Celebrate Grand Opening of New Mexico’s Statewide Distance Learning Program IDEAL-NM | full story

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