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Education Moonshot and Hip Hop Panel (2019-03-01)
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, Correspondent Gwyneth Doland heads to Santa Fe to explore the nexus of education and tax reform efforts. In response to a judge's decision that New Mexico hasn't been spending enough on its public schools, the Legislature has added nearly half a billion dollars to the budget for education. Doland speaks to Senators Peter Wirth and Gay Kernan about how lawmakers ensure they do more than throw money at a problem and how they're making sure they can afford the changes in years when the state isn't flush with oil money. Then she goes to Ortiz Middle School to find out what Santa Fe Public Schools expects to change after the Legislature adjourns. Correspondent Khalil Ekulona takes us into the world of hip hop. Hip-hop music and culture were born 46 years ago. Since its early days, hip hop has spread globally with its infectious, youthful energy. Now, hip-hop music is the most popular form of music. Ekulona sits with a panel of hip-hop experts to discuss hip-hop history and its future. Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists debate the House Democrats’ tax overhaul plan, examine reports of groundwater contamination that has destroyed a Clovis dairyman’…
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KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, New Mexico in Focus, Gwyneth Doland, Peter Wirth, Gay Kernan, Khalil Ekulona, Gene Grant, Yazzie-Martinez lawsuit, Santa Fe Public Schools, New Mexico Legislature, education reform, tax reform, hip-hop, public safety tax, Albuquerque, Clovis, Kirtland Air Force Base
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