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Arizona Budget and ESA Expansion Fall Short for Arizona Students
By Rich Nickel, president and CEO, Education Forward Arizona Last week, the Arizona legislature reached a compromise to pass a budget, which included much-needed investments in K-12 education and important […]
Why attainment and the Achieve60AZ goal matter
How increasing education levels will benefit all Arizonans In Arizona, we have an important goal for educational attainment—the Achieve60AZ goal—that 60% of Arizona adults to attain a postsecondary degree or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]