The Center for the Future of Arizona is helping to shape and define Arizona’s future through an action-oriented agenda focused on issues and topics critical to the state.
More than a think tank, the center is an independent “do tank” that combines public-policy research with collaborative partnerships and initiatives that will create opportunities and quality of life for all Arizonans.
The Arizona We Want
A national panel has selected five projects representing communities from across Arizona as the winners of the inaugural Five Communities Project sponsored by the Center for the Future of Arizona. The five projects will jointly apply with the center for $1.5 million in funding ($100,000/year over a three-year period or $300,000 per project) from national organizations to implement their proposal.
Horizon
14 Arizona schools are participating in the Move on When Ready initiative designed to prepare students for college and careers as early as their sophomore year of high school. It’s part of a national pilot program that seeks to make American high schools more globally competitive and more responsive to students' individual needs. Learn more about the program from Center for the Future of Arizona Executive Director Dr. Sybil Francis, Yuma Union High School District Superintendent Toni Badone and Helios Education Foundation President and CEO Paul Luna.
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Beat the Odds School Partners
One of the Beat the Odds Institute's Six Keys To Success is a Strong and Steady Principal: Leaders are focused on those things that truly improve student achievement and they keep pushing ahead, no matter what the roadblocks.
Joseph Jacobo, principal at Pima Elementary School,
exemplifies leadership that earned his school a Bronze Beat the Odds
achievement award in its second year of participation.
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Move On When Ready
The Center for the Future of Arizona is playing a major role in bringing the idea of "move on when ready" and board examination systems to Arizona. The objective of move on when ready is to raise academic achievement for all children, allow them to advance based on demonstrated academic achievement and when ready, graduate from high school as early as age 16 and move on to postsecondary education without remediation.
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