[QUOTE=manaboutown;2371793]I just noticed (no surprise), that New Mexico at 21% had the lowest reading competency of all 50 states. Last I read only about 65% of children there graduate high school. I am saddened because it is my home state as I grew up there. I also still own and operate a business in NM so am firsthand all too familiar with the illiteracy and terrible crime rate.[/QUOTE]
Do you think the influx of immigrants in the New Mexico schools who are testing and graduating are included in the statistics may be part of the reason New Mexico's numbers are so low?
Not being sarcastic or xenophobic, just wondering if that may be a factor...
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