Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov. 10, 2013

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John Dendahl, politician, dies The former state Republican Party chairman was known for standing his ground. Page C-1

Typhoon’s toll rises A monstrous storm that hit the Philippines may have claimed more than 10,000 lives. Page A-3

Higher education takes step

back to basics

TV recycling begins The Buckman Road Recycling & Transfer Station is now recycling old television sets. Page C-1

Governor’s portrayal across U.S. riles Dems Some in N.M. question bipartisan image depicted in national media By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

Since her trip to New Jersey to campaign for Gov. Chris Christie last week, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has received a lot of national press, with many reports describing her as a “blue state” governor who knows how to reach across the aisle and work with a Democratic Legislature. “Like [Christie], Martinez is young moderate in a blueleaning state who has worked with a Democratic legislature …” said a Christian Science Monitor article Wednesday about Christie’s landslide re-election victory Susana Tuesday. Martinez “She has worked closely with a legislature held by Democrats,” noted a story last week in Business Insider. This sort of press has been following Martinez for years, encouraged by the governor and her political team.

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Chile debate separates fact from fiction By Dennis J. Carroll For The New Mexican

Call it a tale of two chiles — then forget much of what you think you know about the heirloom Chimayó chile grown in Northern New Mexico and the more well-known Hatch chile from the fields of the south. New Mexico’s traditional chief cash crop, other than perhaps nuclear weapons, was the topic of considerable peppery discussion Saturday as part of the first FUZE Food and Folklore Festival at the Museum of International Folk Art on Museum Hill.

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Inside u Humble Frito pie seizes moment in history at FUZE festival. Page C-1

Index

Calendar A-2 Classifieds E-8 Lotteries A-2

Instructor Marcie Earrino, front left, teaches a class Wednesday at the Santa Fe Community College as students, from left, Miquela Larranga, Tabitha Dominguez and Ariana Martinez listen. A recent report indicates that more than half of incoming college students in New Mexico require remedial classes. Photos by Clyde Mueller/The New Mexican

Educators look for fixes as more incoming college students require remedial classes in math, English By Robert Nott The New Mexican

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lake Williamson graduated from the Academy for Technology and the Classics, a public charter school in Santa Fe, and was surprised to discover that he had to take remedial English and math when he started at the community college. Williamson is not the only first-year student to learn that he was not ready for college-level studies. In New Mexico, nearly half of all recent high school graduates find they need some sort of refresher courses when they start college, according to the state Higher Education Department. Two years ago, the rate was 46.2 percent. Among first-year students at community colleges, the rate is higher. A 2013 report by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College, says that 60 percent of incoming community college students need remedial classes. At Santa Fe Community College, about 85 percent of incoming students are referred to what is now called developmental math, and

Memories of rebellion History lover and former prosecutor Alfonso G. Sanchez recalls the 1967 raid on the Rio Arriba County Courthouse. NEIGHBORS, C-7

Neighbors C-7 Opinions B-1

Earrino explores talking points during her class Wednesday at the Santa Fe Community College. About 85 percent of incoming students are referred to what is now called developmental math, and about 60 percent need developmental English.

about 60 percent need developmental English. At Northern New Mexico College in Española, about 72 percent of freshmen need to take at least one developmental course. The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque says that between 25 percent and 30 percent of incoming students have required some sort of remediation every year over the past decade. For four-year colleges,

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Obituaries

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Editor: Ray Rivera, 986-3033, rrivera@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Kristina Dunham, kdunham@sfnewmexican.com

the rate nationwide is 20 percent. Throughout the country, many high school graduates are failing college placement tests and are forced to enroll in remedial courses. Yet remediation is expensive, discouraging and can force students to delay taking the courses they need to graduate from college.

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Today Mostly sunny and mild. High 63, low 36. Page C-8

Time Out/puzzles B-6

Main office: 983-3303 Late paper: 986-3010

Tony Hillerman Writers Conference signing Anne Hillerman, James McGrath Morris and others sign copies of their books to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, 2 p.m., Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., no charge, 986-0151.

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