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
This month Arizonans have some new opportunities to shape the conversation with candidates as part of the 2010 elections. Residents from five communities will participate in a series of The Arizona We Want town meetings. Additionally, all Arizonans are encouraged to submit their questions for candidates at www.TheArizonaWeWant.org.
Pathways to Postsecondary
Too few Arizona students are graduating high school, and many who do are inadequately prepared for work or further study. To address this problem, the Center for the Future of Arizona and the Helios Education Foundation have launched Pathways to Postsecondary, an initiative to facilitate system-wide, transformational change of the state’s education system.
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Beat the Odds School Partners
A recent study by WestEd, a national research agency, found that, after two years, the Beat the Odds partner schools made significant progress in math and positive progress in reading.
In addition, 53 percent of the schools in 2008-09 improved their ratings under AZ Learns.
Three "keys to success" have proven especially vital to improving student achievement in low-income, minority-intensive Arizona schools.
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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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