This community of K-12 educators, youth, community leaders, NMSU faculty, and even a baby – collaborated in 2021-2022 to develop Units and Lessons that are southern New Mexico place-based, culturally and linguistically relevant, and necessary to make the New Mexico Social Studies curriculum more complete.
Good News!
BEST department receives federal funding for curriculum project
New Mexico State University’s Department of Borderlands and Ethnic Studies has been awarded $170,000 in congressional funding to enhance K-12 social studies curricula. This initiative aims to create a more inclusive environment for students in southern New Mexico.
For more details on NMSU’s congressional funding to develop inclusive social studies curricula, Click here to read the news story.
This curriculum project is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: www.wkkf.org. This work is led by the Borderlands and Ethnic Studies (BEST) Department at New Mexico State University: best.nmsu.edu. BEST partners in this work with the youth and leadership of the Learning Action Buffet of Las Cruces, New Mexico: www.lablc.org.