Throwing More Money At Arizona Education Achievement Gaps?

$600,000,000 More to the same bureaucracy??

Find out what is needed to improve Arizona's education systems across the board

15.08. 2017 9:33 pm MST 

Sayo Akao Editorial Intern Phoenix Business Journal 

Expect More Arizona, a statewide nonprofit education advocacy organization, and the Center for the Future of Arizona, a nonprofit organization focused on shaping the state's future, announced new long-term education goals for Arizona.

 

The goals were released as a part of the Arizona Education Progress Meter, a source for individuals to learn about how Arizona's education systems can be improved upon, was first launched in 2016 -- and results other than this meter that's way off the charts measuring the actual data ????? 

The Education Progress Meter is an effort of nearly 200 different organizations, including government agencies, nonprofit organizations school districts, and business groups, who collectively analyze the current state of Arizona's education systems and what direction those systems should be heading

< HERE'S THE ACTUAL DATA AND GRADES FOR ARIZONA EDUCATIONAL MARKS

"The Education Progress Meter enables diverse groups from across the state to work together to address critical issues within our education system while making problem-solving relevant to local communities," said Lattie Coor, chairman and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona.

 

The Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University also partnered with the two organizations and secures the sources and data for each indicator on the progress meter. The seven indicators on the meter each have a goal to increase the current percentage, in hopes of reaching the desired outcome, and fulfilling the long term goal for improving upon the education systems here in Arizona. AN ASSET???????????????????????????????????

"The Progress Meter is an asset to Arizona and will be instrumental in informing education policy, strategic decision-making and investments to help Arizona prepare our talented young people for success while driving the prosperity and opportunity for all who live here," said Coor.

Link > https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news. 

 

"Let’s not forget why we’re doing this. We’re trying to improve the educational system so that the young people have a greater opportunity to escape poverty and achieve success in their life," Rich Condit, former CEO of Sundt Construction and a backer of the initiative, said after the goals were unveiled at a Tuesday luncheon at the Arizona Biltmore. 

"That’s the bottom line.”

Erin Hart, interim president and CEO of Expect More Arizona, said the goals are "obtainable, yet aspirational."

 

CAN YOU TRANSLATE THAT PLEASE ??? >

Hart acknowledged it will take additional state funding if Arizona is to check off all of the goals set in the progress meter.She joined the list of advocates calling to renew and expand Proposition 301, a sixth-tenths of a cent sales tax that pumps more than $600 million into Arizona public schools and is set to expire in 2020.

Link > Ricardo Cano in AZ Central 15 Aug 2017