Bill Soules, PhD Bill's Blogs COVID-19, Student Welfare 0
As a State Senator and a teacher with Las Cruces Public Schools, I recognize the future of New Mexico depends upon the quality of the opportunities for our youth. Schools are still in session but this public health crisis changes the way schools operate. This adds new stress and anxiety to families who are already […]
Bill Soules, PhD Bill's Blogs ACEs, Anna Age Eight, Student Welfare 0
The landmark research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is more than 20 years old and while awareness of the public health crisis it exposes has increased; the systematic, data driven, community responses needed to address the root causes is sorely lacking. The original edition of Anna Age Eight clearly laid out what communities must due […]
Bill Soules, PhD Bill's Blogs Early Childhood Development, Student Welfare 0
Invest in our future. House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR1), the constitutional amendment to increase the distribution from the Land Grant Permanent Fund (LGPF) by 1% to fund early childhood programs, sits in the Senate Finance Committee (SFC). If the SFC approves of HJR1 it will go to the Senate floor for a vote to see […]
Bill Soules, PhD Bill's Blogs ACEs, Student Welfare 0
ACEs at Onate Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), such as abuse, neglect, and witnessing experiences like parental conflict and substance abuse, have been found to have devastating effects on the future health and prosperity of children. The Kaiser Permanente study, that first brought the problem of ACEs to light, has shown a definite dose effect where […]
Bill Soules, PhD Bill's Blogs Early Childhood Development, Education Reform, Student Welfare 0
Every children’s story has a victim, a villain, and a hero. And so it is with the State of New Mexico and funding for early childhood education, public schools, and universities. The victims are the children of the state who are crying out for someone to hear them and to provide a future through education […]
