2008 Newsletter Archive

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December

  • Beat the Odds bronze-level school partners
  • P-20 adopts amended grad rate goal

 

November


  • Schools enroll parent liaisons in Beat the Odds program
  • P-20 committee briefed on Pathways to Postsecondary
  • Achieve, Inc. College & Career-Ready Policy Institute
  • New international benchmarking advisory group

 

October


  • Center announces Pathways to Postsecondary Project
  • Helios funds BTO Parents as Partners Program
  • Polling by Gallup Organization to begin in November
  • Smith Junior High success story

 

September


  • Arizona Gallup Poll under development
  • Center profiled in report on think-and-do tanks
  • Interview with BTO Director Marjorie Kaplan
  • Arizona collaborating, establishing core proficiencies

 

August


  • Beat the Odds partner schools double
  • Teacher ownership of student test scores
  • Skilled workforce named as critical issue
  • Ongoing rapid school growth projected
  • Town Hall recommendation: Redesign education system


July


  • Statewide citizens’ poll under discussion
  • 2006 graduation rate is most reliable benchmark
  • District-level Beat the Odds program announced
  • Arizona per-student spending among lowest nationally

 

June


  • Customized Gallup World Poll considered
  • Spanish-language Beat the Odds executive summary
  • Improved data collection yields grad rate drop
  • Resolving teacher attraction and retention issues

May


  • High school graduation rate drops
  • Excelencia Elementary benefits from collaboration
  • Teacher I.D. bill passes House
  • Standardizing graduation rate formulas


April

 

March


  • Washington Elementary improves outcomes
  • Parent training program at Larry C. Kennedy Elementary

 

February


  • Dr. Kaplan named BTO Institute Director
  • Beat the Odds video now online

 

January


  • Arizona First Advised Fund donation
  • U.S. teens’ math and science scores trail
  • High school graduation requirements rise
  • College freshmen require remedial math
  • Public school finance studied