New Mexico Rising

For decades, New Mexico has ranked at or near the bottom in education, a reality we have become far too comfortable with. But we know the story doesn’t end there. All across our state incredible leaders, educators and parents are working to improve our education system and New Mexico Rising will feature their stories. Each episode will feature an interview with someone leading great work in New Mexico’s education system. Join us as we come together as a community and write a new story for New Mexico students with a steadfast optimism that we can and must do better for our children.

New Mexico Rising is a education podcast hosted by NewMexicoKidsCAN, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

NewMexicoKidsCAN hosts New Mexico Rising, a education show with 42 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Rankings, Results & Back to School (with Dominica Chavez)

  Aug 13, 202651 minS6

  On this episode, we welcome Dominica Chavez, NewMexicoKidsCAN Advocacy Manager, as a co-host to discuss some of the biggest education stories happening in New Mexico! Together, Amanda and Dominica discuss New Mexico ranking 50th in education for the 10th year in a row by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, marking a decade of last place, a new Legislative Finance Committee report on extended learning and student achievement, and back-to-school tips for families. Download NewMexicoKidsCAN’s Back-to-School Toolkit here. Read the Legislative Finance Committee Progress Report here . Explore the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book here

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  Episode #7

  Community Voices: Reflections on the Mississippi Marathon

  May 14, 202532 minS5

  Have you heard of the Mississippi Miracle? The Mississippi Miracle refers to the dramatic gains Mississippi has made in K-12 literacy outcomes since 2013. Through strategic policy implementation focused on evidence-based literacy instruction, Mississippi rose from 49th in 4th-grade reading to 9th in 2024! Once ranked near the bottom alongside New Mexico, Mississippi's approach has become a national model for educational reform. Recently, the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce hosted Carey Wright, former Mississippi State Superintendent and architect for the Mississippi Miracle (or Mississippi Marathon as she calls it) for a luncheon. Guests heard all about how Mississippi accomplished this incredible feat. In this episode, Dominica and Amanda recap the event and we try something new! After Amanda and Dominica recap Dr. Wright’s remarks we share reflections from other attendees to hear their takeaways. Tune and let us know what you think!

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  Magic in the (East) Mountains (with Trey Smith)

  Apr 10, 202553 minS5

  Trey Smith, Executive Director of East Mountain High School, a public charter school located in the east mountains joins Amanda for a conversation about what makes East Mountain successful. Together, Trey and Amanda discuss the history of East Mountain, charter school authorizing, school accountability and Trey previews the timeline of the brand new East Mountain Middle School. Learn more about East Mountain High School here: https://www.eastmountainhigh.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Mexico Vistas Want to learn how your school measures up in New Mexico’s school accountability system? Visit nmvistas.org to see your schools proficiency rates, growth scores and more! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for the New Mexico Summer Reading Challenge New Mexico's Summer Reading Program is an innovative free program set to empower students from incoming kindergarteners to outgoing eighth graders with focused reading instruction in small groups with trained literacy instructors. Sign up here: https://nmsummerreading.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- WE NEED QUESTIONS! Have a question about education in New Mexico? We’d love to answer it in our next episode. Submit a question for us to answer on the podcast here: bit.ly/AskNMRising —------------------------------------------------------------------

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  Episode #5

  2025 Legislative Session Recap (with Matt Pahl & Dominica Chavez)

  Mar 27, 20251 hourS5

  The 2025 New Mexico Legislative session has adjourned. Join Amanda for a conversation with Matt Pahl, Executive Director of Public Charter Schools of New Mexico and Dominica Chavez, NewMexicoKidsCAN’s own Advocacy Manager. Together the three discuss this year’s legislative session and how education was addressed, or not addressed for that matter. Tune in to hear the highs, the lows, and everything in between! Read NewMexicoKidsCAN’s Post Legislative Session Press Release: https://mailchi.mp/818dec20094d/press-statement-2025nmleg-sb242-tabled-14192072?e=d642e5b038 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for the New Mexico Summer Reading Challenge New Mexico's Summer Reading Program is an innovative free program set to empower students from incoming kindergarteners to outgoing eighth graders with focused reading instruction in small groups with trained literacy instructors. Sign up here: https://nmsummerreading.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Interested in learning more about the "Honesty Gap" - which is the difference in state reported proficiencies and proficiency rates on NAEP? Check out the analysis by the Collaborative for Student Success: https://forstudentsuccess.org/latest-honesty-gap-analysis-shows-parents-continue-to-be-misled-about-student-academic-performance/ —------------------------------------------------------------------ WE NEED QUESTIONS! Have a question about education in New Mexico? We’d love to answer it in our next episode. Submit a question for us to answer on the podcast here: bit.ly/AskNMRising —------------------------------------------------------------------

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  Episode #4

  The Opportunity Makers (with Michael Franco and Kristin Algier)

  Mar 20, 20251 hourS5

  Michael Franco and Kristin Algier from TNTP join Amanda to talk about their latest report, The Opportunity Makers . ​​In schools across the country, far too many students fall behind academically, and most who fall behind stay behind. If we don’t accelerate learning at scale, millions of students may never catch up. But that doesn’t have to be the case. The Opportunity Makers tells the stories of trajectory-changing schools, where students average 1.3 years of learning, and have maintained that growth for a decade. Tune into to hear what these schools have in common, and how communities and states can scale the practices of these trajectory changing schools. Read The Opportunity Makers here: https://tntp.org/publication/the-opportunity-makers/ Read The Opportunity Myth here: https://tntp.org/publication/the-opportunity-myth *and don’t forget to tune into our episode about the Opportunity Myth (Semester 3, Episode 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------- WE NEED QUESTIONS! Have a question about education in New Mexico? We’d love to answer it in our next episode. Submit a question for us to answer on the podcast here: bit.ly/AskNMRising —------------------------------------------------------------------

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