2007 News Archive

Beat the Odds Initiative Announced (October 2007)
The center has launched a collaborative education initiative with 27 Phoenix-area K-12 schools. It is expected to show that demography is not destiny and that all students, regardless of race and economic status, can learn and achieve in school.
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Envisioning the Future (July/August 2007)
Dr. Lattie Coor discusses a vision for Arizona’s future that rests on three interrelated goals.
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Bridging the Grad Gap: Measuring the Economic Benefits of Educational Attainment in Arizona (September 2007)
New research by the Center for the Future of Arizona finds that Arizona high school dropouts are almost twice as likely as "high school only" graduates to be living in poverty. Further, individuals with an associate degree or occupational certification earn nearly twice the wages earned by employed dropouts.

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» Read the research report (PDF)