Four Pillars: Creating a World-Class Education System for New Mexico
For many years, the United States was revered as an education leader among nations largely because of three factors: our focus on educating the whole child, our access to universal secondary education and our success in expanding higher education opportunities beyond the elite class.
Today, however, other countries are taking the lead. Education experts note that this is not because the U.S. education system has gotten worse; rather, it is because our system has failed to evolve and respond to the challenges of our times.