Through 2013, Talia was a Program Officer in Urban Education and the Senior Manager of STEM
Teacher Initiatives at Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Teachers complained that it
stifled teacher initiative and was bad for students yet the large urban districts making the most student achievement progress used a managed instruction approach.
According to New Mexico Education Secretary Hanna Skandera, «despite the criticism from union officials, the state's plan is a product of all New Mexicans and will continue to push schools serving its most vulnerable students,» and «we want to equip and empower educators more, and we're rolling out 20
new teacher initiatives.»
(This is one way to structure student and
teacher initiative that assures children will work with a number of partners during the year.).