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Donor Highlight: Carstens Family Funds
The late philanthropist William Carstens understood Arizona did not have enough graduating students to keep the state competitive and thriving. He knew the importance of education, both at the individual and societal level. As a result, Carstens Family Funds was one of the founding scholarship supporters of our organization’s scholarship fund...
College Knowing & Going creating a college-going culture in high schools across the state
Creating a college-going culture in high schools that serve large numbers of underrepresented students is critical to reaching our state’s attainment goal. Thanks to the Helios Education Foundation for the continued investment in the College Knowing and Going (CKG) initiative...
In The News: Join us for a Morning Scoop
Moving Forward: Education and Workforce Development Only 46% of adults in Arizona have attained higher education, but in just a few years the overwhelming majority of jobs will require education beyond high school. On top of that, the pandemic presents challenges the state has yet to fully realize...
Welcome Back to School, These Resources Can Kick Off a Successful Year for Seniors
By: Bill DeBaun, National College Attainment Network The once-enticing prospect of a more normal, calmer start to the school year has evaporated in most parts of the country thanks to COVID-19’s Delta variant, but schools are re-opening their virtual and/or physical doors for the 2021-22 academic year, nevertheless...
What Our Partners Say
By Rich Nickel, president and CEO, Education Forward Arizona On behalf of hundreds of education, business, philanthropic, and community leaders from across the state, it is my great pleasure to announce the launch of Education Forward Arizona. Education Forward Arizona is more than a new organization...
2021 Legislative Session Wrap Up
After 171 days and the third longest session in Arizona history, the legislature wrapped up the 2021 regular session on June 30. This has certainly been a year like no other, filled with contentious debates and tight vote margins on top of being in the middle of a global pandemic...
How to Be Involved in How Your School District or Charter School is using COVID Relief Funding
Arizona is receiving an estimated $4 billion to support K-12 education, the majority of which (90%) will go directly to school districts and charter schools based on their Title I funding allocations. Read more about this federal funding in our recent blog...
Understanding Arizona’s Federal COVID Relief Funding for K-12 Education
The federal government has made funding available to all states to support COVID relief and recovery efforts. Arizona is receiving an estimated $4 billion to support K-12 education, $800 million for community colleges and universities, and additional funds from discretionary funding the Governor has available...
Federal Funding Creates Opportunity to Accelerate Change, Close Gaps in P-20 Education
Recent updates to the Arizona Education Progress Meter show that Arizona is not on track to meet our P-20 goals by 2030, and the data does not yet reflect the full effects of the pandemic. To meet the goals, we must rapidly accelerate change by closing achievement gaps and addressing educational inequities, which have been […]
Disinvestments in early education are hurting children and families
Now a full year into the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, education at all levels has been impacted; in some ways, it’s forever changed. And the students who are most likely to face the longest-term effects are also the youngest. In recently updated data, the Arizona Education Progress Meter showed a decline of 3% in Quality Early […]