Category: Advocacy Blogs

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HCR 2060 and Chronic Absenteeism

Last week, Arizona lawmakers advanced HCR 2060, a strike everything amendment related to border security that would be on Arizona voters’ ballots in November of 2024. The measure would allow a significant increase in immigration enforcement activities, and unlike similar measures in other states, it would permit enforcement of the law in many places of […]


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2024 State of the State: Addressing Hobbs’s Education Agenda

On Monday, January 8, Governor Katie Hobbs presented  her second State of the State address, laying out her vision for Arizona and her legislative priorities for the year ahead. Increasing educational attainment is the North Star that guides Education Forward Arizona’s work...


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Candidates for Governor and Superintendent Interviewed by Students

On Tuesday, Arizonans will vote on the leaders of the state in the races for Governor and Superintendent of Public Instruction.  Among the most important stakeholders in education are the students who are learning in Arizona classrooms every day...


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Taking Action for Arizona Students

This year, Education Forward Arizona has been busy advocating support for priorities that advance education attainment, from Pre-K through postsecondary.  School Funding Takes Center Stage In late February, we were part of a successful effort to give K-12 schools the ability to exceed the Aggregate Expenditure Limit for this school year, which averted a $1...


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Lowering Math Standards Harmful for Arizona Students and the Future of the State

If HB2278 were to pass students could have fewer postsecondary and career path options By: Rich Nickel When Arizona’s education community and business leaders challenged high school students to meet more rigorous graduation requirements in math and science in 2013, students responded...


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Guest Blog: Why Four Years of Math Matters

Kimberly Rimbey, Ph.D., President, Arizona Mathematics Leaders Suzi Mast, President-Elect, Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics We’ve heard it said that we study poetry in school because we want to develop a love and command of language, not because everyone will someday be a poet...


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What’s Next for the Aggregate Expenditure Limit?

On Feb. 21, the Arizona legislature addressed the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL), a formula-based school spending cap set by voters in 1980. The resolution passed by the legislature allows schools to exceed the AEL during this school year by a specific amount...


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Preschool Matters

Expanding Access to Preschool is the Game Changer Arizona Needs By: Erin Hart, Senior Vice President and Chief of Policy and Community Impact Benjamin Franklin is purported to have said that “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” That applies in spades to early childhood educational experiences, when children are building key skills that […]


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Updated AZ Education Progress Meter Data Show P-20 Pandemic Impact

Recently updates to five of the eight indicators were made to the Arizona Education Progress Meter, the state’s widely accepted framework for P-20 education. The Pandemic’s Effects on P-20 Education The data show that the COVID pandemic has had significant effects on every part of the education continuum, from early education to K-12 and postsecondary […]


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Education Forward Arizona’s 2022 Advocacy Priorities

Education Forward Arizona believes that there’s no better way to improve the lives of individuals and strengthen our economy than increasing educational attainment. When individuals earn a degree or credential, they improve their earning potential and are less likely to be unemployed...