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More than 150 Education Forward Arizona Scholars and their families honored for graduating college
Graduates collectively received over $2.5M dollars in scholarships and support services To help expand college access and attainment across the state, we honored more than 150 Education Forward Arizona scholars who graduated from college last month during a special ceremony at our headquarters in Phoenix on May 26...
AdviseAZ receives more than $500k to continue supporting college attainment across Arizona
AmeriCorps recently announced that AdviseAZ will receive more than $500,000 to continue its college access work in Arizona. AdviseAZ is an AmeriCorps program that places current college students or recent college graduates in low-income (Title I) high schools and communities to act as near-peer advisers...
Arizona Voters Prioritize Education Over Politics
Voters Share their Priorities for Education, Encourage Candidates & Policymakers to Address Key Education Issues Arizonans continue to prioritize education and want every school to have great teachers and leaders, according to a recent statewide survey of 500 likely voters...
College Knowing & Going’s 2021-2022 Student Ambassadors Graduate from High School
College Knowing & Going (CKG), which is focused on increasing the number of students who complete steps toward a postsecondary education, is celebrating its second cohort of student ambassadors completing their service and graduating from high school...
Solidify K12-Higher Ed Connections to Firm Up Students’ Next Steps
By: Bill DeBaun, National College Attainment Network There are few more poignant moments than when students cross the stage and receive their high school diplomas. At that moment, families, district and school administrators, teachers, and everyone else who has helped the student get to this point see so much of their time and effort realized...
AdviseAZ helps more than 700 high school students during the 2021-22 academic year
AdviseAZ, an AmeriCorps program that places trained, near-peer college advisers in high schools and communities, just had 14 of their members successfully complete their first term of service on May 31, 2022. These members made a significant impact on their communities by serving more than 700 students across Arizona...
How Ask Benji is helping more than 100 high schools meet their FAFSA goal
Ask Benji is available to partner with your school! With the current academic year coming to an end, the Ask Benji team is already preparing to start supporting next year’s seniors with filling out their Free Application for Federal Aid form (FAFSA) and helping schools boost their FAFSA rates...
Taking Inspiration from Science: Meet Jennifer Cheeseman
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Education Forward Arizona wanted to ask some of Arizona’s teachers what inspires their work. Meet Jennifer Cheesman, a science teacher at Zuni Hills Elementary School in the Peoria Unified School District. She is a semi-finalist for the 2022 Arizona Educational Foundation’s Teacher of the Year and recently received a […]
A Contagious Passion for Learning: Meet Edgar Ochoa
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week this month, Education Forward Arizona is passing the mic to some of our state’s inspiring educators! Meet Edgar Ochoa, a junior high social studies teacher at Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School in Phoenix...
An Arizona Teacher’s Perspective: Meet Lindsey Peterson
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Education Forward Arizona is sharing the perspectives of some of Arizona’s incredible educators. Meet Lindsey Peterson, a 2022 Arizona Educational Foundation Teacher of the Year finalist, a Washington Elementary Governing Board member, and an Apollo High School teacher in Glendale with 19 years of experience...