Collaborating with more experts to rethink assessment

Future Focused Education is partnering with the Assessment for Learning Project to inspire innovation in public schools

This month, Future Focused Education received an investment from our friends and partners at the Assessment for Learning Project. This investment will help us continue to develop our expertise in education policy that can inspire innovation in public schools. It's the next step in our work as we continue to collaborate with experts from around the country to learn about ideas that can be adapted to fit the unique needs of New Mexico communities. We are excited to move forward with our work on Alternative Student Assessments, and this partnership is a wonderful opportunity to meet the pent-up demand for a new vision of education in New Mexico.

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Future Focused Education is looking for a part-time Office Administrator. Our ideal new team member is skilled, organized and excited about the opportunity to make a difference and serve underserved communities. Applications are due on July 6. For other questions, email info@futurefocusededucation.org.

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Ideas in Education

Graduating as an Undocumented Scholar: DACA’s Role in Building Collective Power

By Rafael A. Martinez, Humans of New Mexico

“It took you eight years to graduate with your Bachelor’s degree?!” The graduate advisor, who is looking through my graduate school application materials, asks me after she turns to my transcript. I look down and nod. What she did not know when asking that question was that I was undocumented and that the majority of my undergraduate career I kept asking myself the same question – “why graduate?” This is a daunting question for undocumented youth...

4 Ways for Business and Community Leaders to Help our Schools Succeed

By Tony Monfiletto

Future Focused Education launched a paid internship program because we knew young people were sacrificing their long term futures because their families need them to work. As a result, these young people were boxed out of unpaid life changing pre-career experiences that other more privileged young people had. After a year of listening to employers and students talk about the experience, I believe that our paid internship program is just the beginning of a vision to make our communities healthier and more prosperous...

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