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December

• The Arizona We Want Update
• Meeting with with 60 education, business and community leaders
• Proposed board examination systems as an option to improve student academic performance
• Holdeman Elementary School Success Story

November

• The Arizona We Want Update
• Beat the Odds Awards
• Marc Tucker and education leaders discussed establishing a new educational model

October

• Center to form The Arizona We Want Institute

September

• Accio Education Fund grant
• Walton Family Foundation grant
• Peralta Elementary School success story
• 13 state, national and international research reports

August

• Eighty-five Arizona schools to become Beat the Odds School Partners
• Center Board Member Jack Pfister
• Pathways research report
• "Tough Choices or Tough Times" technical teams

July

• Beat the Odds School Partners Program continues to expand
• "Tough Choices or Tough Times" summit
• Beat the Odds School Partners test scores already shown encouraging evidence of improvement
• Congratulations to Beat the Odds program principals and mentors

June

• Beat the Odds School Partners Program expansion
• Amanda Burke joins CFA
• Gallup Arizona poll update
• Parents as Partners Program

May

• Montebello School success story
• Efforts to strengthen student assessment
• Expect More Arizona public-private partnership

April

• Arizona joins "Tough Choices or Tough Times" national consortium of states
• Center to lead Arizona consortium's group of private education stakeholders

 

March

• Cordova Middle School success story
  
• Arizona Business & Education Coalition (ABEC) Funding Model Committee
  
• Gallup Arizona Poll update

 

February

• Gallup Arizona interviews completed
  
• Pathways to Postsecondary initiative update
  
• Beat the Odds presentation at Yuma County Professional Staff Development Day
  
• Copper Canyon High School success story

 

January

• New Center for the Future of Arizona website launched
• Gililland Middle School success story
• Schools using interactive website funded by the Arizona Board of Regents Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF)
  
• Data Quality Campaign (DQC) briefing