New Mexico ranking on child welfare falls to 49
 

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And 30,000 more New Mexico kids now live in poverty than in 2005. In education, the report says the number of kids failing in math and reading has declined, but the number of students who don't graduate from high school on time is on the rise. Susana Martinez said she has focused on improving the "status quo" for children in New Mexico, particularly when it comes to education. For instance, she fought this year to use increases in public education funding on reading and college prep programs. She also has increased spending on early education and preschool programs."We can't keep passing cheap nfl jerseys wholesale kids who can't read from one grade to the next, setting them up for failure later in life," said her spokesman, Scott Darnell said in an email "We must focus on identifying children who are struggling to learn and intervene swiftly to provide them the help they need." But Garcia said the ranking, which is based on 16 indicators of child wellbeing, shows "it is important to not look at a student's academic achievement in isolation, but rather we must work together as New Mexicans to comprehensively address the issues that affect educational football jerseys wholesale china outcomes and the economic wellbeing of our state."In 2011, New Mexico ranked 46 out of the 50 states. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed..

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