The GRADS Program

By Autumn Banta Brass

New Mexico Graduation, Reality, And Dual-role Skills (GRADS) instructional program has impacted the educational and financial success and family health of expectant and parenting teens of New Mexico.

For those of you that don’t know what NM GRADS is, it is a teen parenting program for elective credit in public, charter and alternative school setting which utilizes certified teaching professionals to present the curriculum.

NM GRADS helps the students learn how to balance work and family roles, helps prepare its students for work and careers to gain economic independence. It is funded by the NM Legislature and overseen by the NM Public Education Department.