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December

• Arizona graduation rates fall
• Arizona Skill Standards Commission
• Student achievement must meet national, global standards
  

November

• Beat the Odds website launched
• “Grad Gap” research report
• Cartwright School District hosts BTO presentation
• Increasing high school math and science requirements
• University admissions study

 

October

• Beat the Odds school partners
• Bilingual parent program
• Increased math, science proposed
  

 

September

• Beat the Odds Institute launched
• Early graduation scholarships
• Economic consequences of dropping out

August

• Beat the Odds leadership seminars
• 21st century challenges
• Minorities taking Advanced Placement tests

 

July

• Helios Education Foundation grant
• Spanish-language “Beat the Odds” research summary
• Arizona Board of Regents funds website
• Arizona lags states in education funding

 

June

• Schools to implement Beat the Odds
• BTO and professional development
• SRPMIC commits funding
• Age 18 mandatory school attendance

 

May

• "Beat the Odds” research report
• “Good to Great” television documentary
• P-20 Council recommends increased math
• Arizona Board of Regents funding
• AZ LEADS training program

 

April

• Arizona K-12 Center
• Early graduation scholarship program
• Lyons donation
• “Beat the Odds” research report in third printing

 

March

• Beat the Odds Institute planned
• Beat the Odds research featured on PBS
• Luster joins Center for the Future of Arizona
• “Everybody’s Problem” research report