Education

By Margaret McKinney
Highlands University

New Mexico Highlands University outstanding psychology senior Tiffany Abeyta was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from MANA del Norte, and will be honored at the nonprofit’s annual banquet on Saturday, Oct. 8.

MANA stands for Mexican-American Women’s National Association, a nonprofit that has worked since 1974 to empower Latinas through education, community service, leadership development, and advocacy.

The MANA del Norte chapter formed in Santa Fe in 1989.

Luna Community College

Luna Community College Mass Media Communications student James “Jimmy” John Maldonado is leading a class project documenting the anniversary of 911.

The project is part of a lesson in the introduction to television operation class under the direction of Kenneth Bachicha.

“I, along with several other students are covering footage of the tragedy of 911,” said Maldonado. “We are interviewing people around Luna Community College and the surrounding areas.”

By Terence Chea
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO  — A coalition of school districts and education groups sued the state of California on Wednesday, seeking the restoration of more than $2 billion in funding they say public schools are owed under state law.

The lawsuit seeks the return of $2.1 billion in education funding that was cut from the 2011-2012 state budget. The plaintiffs say districts are owed that money under Proposition 98, a 1988 voter initiative that guarantees California public schools a minimum level of funding.