I strongly urge you to download and read the New Mexico Graduation Report available at edweek.org. Despite the spin of the Richardson administration, the fact remains that just under 50% of all students are not graduating high school. In the case of non-white males, the number of students not graduating high school is over 50%.
Which raises the question, if you were Governor of New Mexico, would you focus on planes, trains and spaceports, or would your number one concern be New Mexico’s children?