Defying Trends: East Mountain High Sees Record Enrollment and Historic Funding Surge
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
Excellent Schools – The Bob Clark Podcast
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
The Stronger Podcast: Stop Chasing the New: How Consistency Builds Charter Schools that Last with Scott Hindman
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
Winter 2023-24 Newsletter
- A New Public Charter School Hopes to Open on Albuquerque’s Westside: Get to Know Its Dynamic Leader, Mercy Herrera, ESNM’s Future Schools.
- ESNM’s “Access to Excellence” Brings Together Educators from Across New Mexico to Study High-Performing Schools.
- In Other News: Changemakers Fellows Visit Houston, AIMS and Hozho Set to Expand.
- What We Are Reading: Test Scores Matter, “Zombie Schools”, and More.
Fall 2023 Newsletter
- New Poll Shows Broad Support for Public Charter Schools in New Mexico, Strong Parent Demand for More Educational Options.
- Albuquerque Public Schools Board Approves the Expansion of East Mountain High School.
- Changemakers Fellowship Educates, Mobilizes Community Leaders.
- What We Are Reading.
Impactful grants: MAS Charter School, Yale and Old Coors campuses
Today, MAS serves more than 2,300 students in grades PreK-12 and maintains a lengthy waiting list. 100% of MAS graduates have been admitted to college or the military, and the school’s literacy and math proficiency rates outperform (and oftentimes far outperform) those of New Mexico and Albuquerque, all with MAS serving a student body that is over 80% low-income.
