Author: Julie Depenbrock

Children wearing Halloween costumes play on the playground of Kids Campus in Santa Fe, N.M. Nina Alexandria Riggio for NPR hide caption toggle caption i Nina Alexandria Riggio for NPR Catch up on what you missed with our Education newsletter, sent weekly. It’s a hazy August morning, and Judyn Martinez is dropping her daughter off at Kids Campus, a sought-after childcare center in Santa Fe that is now free for any eligible family in New Mexico. “It’s an amazing school so far. She loves it. I love it,” Martinez said. “Everyone’s nice. She’s learning, growing already.” A year ago this…