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Tackling New Mexico’s Education Crisis: Mandi Torrez on Solutions That Work

Episode Summary

Jim Williams sits down with Mandi Torrez, Education Reform Director at Think New Mexico and 2020 New Mexico Teacher of the Year, to discuss the deep challenges and promising solutions in New Mexico’s public education system. From class size caps to teacher residencies and literacy reform, Torres explains how sustainable, thoughtful change—modeled on real successes in states like Mississippi—could elevate education outcomes for all New Mexicans.