The next Yazzie/Martinez hearing is Friday, September 4, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. in Santa Fe. We’re asking our communities to show up and help us pack the courtroom.
The Yazzie/Martinez case has been about something that should never have needed a court case to establish: New Mexico has an obligation to provide an education that meets the needs of all its children.
We've been paying close attention to the conversation surrounding Amira in New Mexico's public schools, and like many parents, educators, and community members, we're still learning.
The more we learn, the more questions we have.
How are families being informed about the use of student voice recordings? What does meaningful consent look like in practice? How is student data being ... Continued
Help Us Build TENM's Next Digital Chapter
Transform Education New Mexico (TENM) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to update our website and develop a curriculum hub that reflects the collaborative nature of our coalition and serves as a trusted resource for educators, families, advocates, and communities across New Mexico.
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Meryl Chee, meryl@transformeducationnm.org, 505-918-0404
Trust betrayed, futures stolen, and taxpayer dollars wasted. Our students can't afford more broken promisesAlbuquerque, NM — Today, as New Mexico’s Public Education Department (PED) was legally required to produce a draft plan in response to the <... Continued
Ask any New Mexican if multicultural education matters, and the answer is a resounding “Yes.” Across our diverse communities, there is broad agreement: we want our children to grow up with opportunity, with schools that prepare them for a future defined by possibility, not limitations. Still, the road to fulfilling this shared vision has been anything but easy.
In 2018, the Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico court ruling confirmed what families, educators, and tribal leaders had long said. Our ... Continued
At Transform Education New Mexico, we believe every student deserves a safe, supportive environment where they can thrive. Our policy agenda emphasizes the importance of creating community schools that serve as hubs of learning and support, fostering success through equitable resources and services.
In her op-ed, NEA-NM President Mary Parr-Sanchez underscores the importance of fostering environments where young people feel seen, valued, and supported. She writes:
New Mexico is one of the most linguistically diverse states in the country, with more than a third of residents speaking a language other than English at home. This diversity is an incredible asset that can help our students succeed. However, despite this richness of languages, cultures, and traditions, our education system has not kept pace with the bilingual education services that students are entitled to under state law.
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Last month, I visited with Transform Education coalition members in southern New Mexico. The roots of longstanding relationships were watered and seeds of new ideas on how to support #EducationEquity in our state were pushed firmly into the ground.
More than anything, this trip reaffirmed two things:
The dire need to transform our public education system, dismantling systems that don’t serve students, families, educators and staff
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The State must invest to help protect precious languages and traditions.
As former governor of Tesuque Pueblo and current chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG), I am forever grateful to the late Judge Sarah Singleton for ruling in Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico that Native American students have a constitutional right to a culturally and linguistically relevant education.
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SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - Transform Education New Mexico (TENM), the coalition of education, tribal and community leaders advancing a new vision for our public education system in New Mexico, is elated to announce that Loretta Trujillo has assumed the role of Executive Director.
Having dedicated her life to education, Trujillo brings two decades of classroom experience and more recently, an administrative background working as part of the Indigenous Education Initiative.
“I am excited to continue to do what I ... Continued