Our latest newsletter is here! Inside this edition: Updates from our Co-Founder & Executive Director. Exciting expansion news featuring Solare Collegiate School, Albuquerque Collegiate Charter School, and East Mountain High School. The latest Voices of Leadership spotlight featuring Executive Director of Albuquerque School of Excellence, Mustafa Ayik. Click here to read the full newsletter, then […]
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A great public school can change the path of a child’s life. In New Mexico, where many families struggle, a great school will transform an entire community. One student who knows this firsthand is Ariel Garcia, a (insert grade) grader at Hózhó Academy in Gallup, New Mexico. Ariel once attended a low-performing school. At
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East Mountain News: While much of the state faces declining enrollment, Smith noted that East Mountain is seeing its highest enrollment and waitlists in its 26-year history. The school recently reported the highest literacy growth and second-highest math growth of any high school in New Mexico. Read the story
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770 KKOB The Bob Clark Show: Daniels Fund Medal of Excellence Scott Hindman, Co-founder and Executive Director of Excellent Schools New Mexico, gives a brief overview of the Daniels Fund’s Medal of Excellence honor and discusses how as a local nonprofit they help incubate, grow, and support great schools in New Mexico. Listen here
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In this episode of The Stronger Podcast, Mike Montoya sits down with the Executive Director of Excellent Schools New Mexico to talk about a decade of building high-quality charter schools in a state that rarely gets the attention its education work deserves. Listen here
Welcome to Excellent Schools New Mexico’s first newsletter of 2026! We are excited to bring you up to speed on what we have been up to this year. ESNM was founded on the promise to help more New Mexico families access high-quality public schools. We made our first grants to schools in 2018, and since
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