News
Arizona Daily Star: Give students a piece of school's budget & they learn to be civic leaders
Posted on March 29, 2021 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis – opinion contributor, Center for the Future of Arizona
Bill gives schools flexibility in meeting needs of each student
Posted on March 29, 2021 • Category: Story
By Greta Forslund – Arizona Capitol Times
A for Arizona and the Center for the Future of Arizona Release "The Future of Schooling Starts Now" Policy Brief
Posted on March 23, 2021 • Category: News Release
Hear from MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Award Winner and New Arizona Fellow Lauren Redniss
Posted on March 22, 2021 • Category: News Release
Center for the Future of Arizona Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors
Posted on March 12, 2021 • Category: News Release
Arizona Education Progress Meter Data Updates Announced Improved data processes offer clearer picture of education in our state; shows much work still to be done to reach long-term goals
Posted on March 10, 2021 • Category: News Release
CFA Launches Partnership with Arizona Center for Civic Leadership to Strengthen Civic Life in Arizona
Posted on February 11, 2021 • Category: News Release
Arizona Capitol Times: What Arizonans want in our election system
Posted on February 11, 2021 • Category: Op-Ed
Center for the Future of Arizona to Launch Workforce Leadership Academy in Collaboration with the Aspen Institute
Posted on February 01, 2021 • Category: News Release
It's time to change the conversation about the COVID-19 vaccine
Posted on January 17, 2021
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
GALLUP: Value of Medical Messengers Seen in Arizona Poll on Vaccines
Posted on January 15, 2021 • Category: Story
By Steve Crabtree and RJ Reinhart – GALLUP
Statement from Dr. Sybil Francis, CFA President & CEO, on Governor Ducey's FY2022 Budget Proposal
Posted on January 15, 2021 • Category: News Release
School Leadership is Critical to Arizona’s Future Success
Posted on December 21, 2020 • Category: Story
Arizona Capitol Times: Investment in civics education builds strong communities
Posted on December 04, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis
azcentral: Great principals don't just happen. Here's how Arizona is growing them
Posted on December 02, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Fred DuVal, Amanda Burke and Kaitlin Harrier, opinion contributors
STORY OF IMPACT: School Participatory Budgeting CFA pilot program at Carson Jr. High School is a model for inclusive student engagement
Posted on November 25, 2020 • Category: Story
STORY OF IMPACT: Beat The Odds School Leadership Academy Casa Grande Elementary School District taking strategic steps to help students achieve at the highest levels
Posted on November 17, 2020
KJZZ 91.5: What do younger Arizonans want and need to make this state their home?
Posted on November 11, 2020 • Category: Story
By Mark Brodie
Arizona Daily Star: Great Schools Need Great Leaders
Posted on November 09, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
azcentral: Students are learning less amid the pandemic, but schools aren't just wringing their hands
Posted on October 25, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
New collaboration seeks to transform the way teaching and learning is done in Arizona schools
Posted on October 15, 2020 • Category: Story
Center for the Future of Arizona launches new Young Talent Progress Meter to measure how Arizona is doing on the issues that matter most to young people
Posted on October 14, 2020 • Category: News Release
Center for the Future of Arizona names Peter Boyle to lead the statewide expansion of its Beat The Odds School Leadership Academy
Posted on September 11, 2020 • Category: News Release
CEO Update: Summer 2020
Posted on July 24, 2020 • Category: News Release
Arizona Daily Star: Broadband internet access should be considered a utility service
Posted on July 19, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
Arizona Capitol Times: COVID-19 exposed Arizona’s digital divide
Posted on July 17, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis
azcentral: Retail workers are essential. Here's how Arizona can make this work more attractive
Posted on July 05, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
Governor Ducey Invests $700,000 in Beat The Odds School Leadership Academy to Support School Leaders in Arizona
Posted on June 26, 2020 • Category: News Release
Phoenix Business Journal: Thousands of new data points to help direct Arizona's future on jobs, economy and more
Posted on June 12, 2020 • Category: Story
By Angela Gonzales – Senior Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal
Center for the Future of Arizona adds new data, tools and resources to The Arizona We Want Progress Meters portfolio
Posted on June 11, 2020 • Category: News Release
Our future: The Arizona We Want
Posted on June 06, 2020 • Category: News Release
By Sybil Francis, Ph.D. – President & CEO, Center for the Future of Arizona
Broadening the Path: Design Principles for Middle Grades CTE
Posted on May 31, 2020 • Category: Story
Center for the Future of Arizona Launches AZRetailCareers.com
Posted on April 15, 2020 • Category: News Release
azcentral: How will life change after COVID-19? Believe it or not, some things could get better
Posted on April 05, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
Arizona Horizon: Participatory Budgeting in Schools Growing to 40K Students
Posted on March 23, 2020 • Category: Story
By Ted Simons – Arizona Horizon
Arizona Capitol Times Morning Scoop: Broadband Expansion in AZ
Posted on February 21, 2020 • Category: Story
KJZZ 91.5: Sybil Francis: Beat The Odds Leadership Academy Offers Intensive Training For Arizona School Principals
Posted on February 11, 2020 • Category: Story
Arizona Horizon: Beat The Odds Leadership Academy
Posted on February 06, 2020 • Category: Story
Statement from Dr. Sybil Francis, CFA President & CEO, on Governor Ducey’s FY21 Executive Budget Proposal
Posted on January 22, 2020 • Category: News Release
Sybil Francis Opinion: Building a Bright Future Together: Pinal County & The Arizona We Want
Posted on January 01, 2020 • Category: Op-Ed
KJZZ 91.5: CFA's Young Talent Advisers speak about "Keeping Young Professionals in Arizona"
Posted on December 18, 2019 • Category: Story
Center for the Future of Arizona Announces Expanded Leadership Team
Posted on December 04, 2019 • Category: News Release
Beat The Odds School Leadership Academy Prepares Pinal County School Leaders for Sustained Success
Posted on November 11, 2019 • Category: Story
Center for the Future of Arizona brings leaders together to address issues around Attraction, Retention and Development of Arizona’s Talented Young People
Posted on November 08, 2019 • Category: News Release
azcentral: Arizona's air quality is getting worse and making people sick. Here's how we solve it
Posted on October 28, 2019 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
Possible Futures in Action
Posted on October 17, 2019 • Category: Story
Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Grant Announcement
Posted on October 14, 2019 • Category: News Release
Participatory Budgeting in Arizona: Reaching More Schools, More Students in fourth Year
Posted on October 04, 2019 • Category: Story
NRF Foundation’s RISE Up Program Accepted by Arizona Department of Education for Use in High Schools and Career Training Centers
Posted on September 25, 2019 • Category: Story
Center for the Future of Arizona Names 2019 Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Award Recipients
Posted on July 18, 2019 • Category: News Release
azcentral: Too many millennial college grads are leaving Arizona. How do we keep them?
Posted on June 29, 2019 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
Empowering school leaders: CFA provides executive leadership training for northern Arizona principals
Posted on May 31, 2019 • Category: Story
azcentral: If we knew this about water and broadband, would we make different choices?
Posted on March 03, 2019 • Category: Op-Ed
By Sybil Francis, opinion contributor
Dream Big Arizona Event Recap
Posted on March 02, 2019 • Category: Story
A House Called Tomorrow
Posted on February 28, 2019 • Category: Story
Center for the Future of Arizona Unveils New Arizona Progress Meters, Launches Community Conversations Series to Support Data-Driven Decision-Making Statewide
Posted on February 28, 2019
Peter Boyle, nominated by the Center for the Future of Arizona, received the Amazing Educator Award from the Children’s Action Alliance earlier this month
Posted on November 02, 2018 • Category: Story
Center for the Future of Arizona, Chicanos Por La Causa, Workforce Partners and Retail Employers Expand Initiatives to Strengthen Region's Talent Pipeline Through Upskilling
Posted on November 01, 2018 • Category: News Release
Teacher Retention in Lake Havasu Unified School District Through DemocraSeed
Posted on October 31, 2018 • Category: Story
Move On When Ready Training
Posted on September 06, 2018 • Category: Story
Dr. Sybil Francis Named President & CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona
Posted on June 27, 2018 • Category: News Release
Events
A book talk with DRIVING WHILE BROWN authors Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block
May 11, 2021
Virtual Event