Public Square; Improving Graduation Rates

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · August 25, 2011

How do we improve graduation rates and the lives of young people? We are joined by some folks from Albuquerque’s south valley who will discuss the issues and then meet with top leaders in New Mexico education--Winston Brooks (superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools), Katharine Winograd (President of CNM), Chris Baca (President and CEO of Youth Development Incorporated), Anna Lisa Banegas-Peña (New Mexico Public Education Department’s Director of Student Success), Tomastia Gonzalez (Community Organizer), Deanna Cook (Parent of APS Student), Katarina Sandoval (Principal, South Valley Academy), Marla Smith (College and Career Readiness Counselor), Michael Barreras (Community Development Specialist, Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce), Horacio Torres (Parent of South Valley Academy graduates), Naomi Montoya (Teacher, Public Academy for Performing Arts), Clarissa Peña (President, Southwest Alliance of Neighbors), Reynaluz Juárez (Community Organizer). Host: Gwyneth Doland.