CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF ARIZONA

Implements "Move On When Ready," a mastery-based pathway for high school graduation in Arizona.

Unites industry and education leaders to create college and career pathways for young people, enabling them to earn degrees and credentials in high-demand industries. The initiative includes expanded Career and Technical Education programs, such as in Peoria.

Runs RetailWorks AZ to provide retail workers with education and advancement opportunities; operates a paid virtual internship program for Navajo County teens focused on mental health research; and implements School Participatory Budgeting in Arizona to engage students in civic decision-making through project proposals and voting.

Manages programs like RetailWorks AZ, which offers education and training for retail workers' advancement, and Arizona Pathways to Prosperity, which unites industry and education to establish college and career pathways for young people in high-demand industries. This also includes operating a paid, virtual internship program for Navajo County teens focused on peer mental health.

Manages and operates programs like RetailWorks AZ and Arizona Pathways to Prosperity, which combine education and training to offer retail workers opportunities for advancement, establish college and career pathways for young people in high-demand industries, and empower students in Career and Technical Education.

Runs "School Participatory Budgeting in Arizona" to engage young people in civic life by having them develop proposals and vote on funding school improvement projects.

Runs "School Participatory Budgeting in Arizona" to engage young people in civic life by having them develop proposals and vote on funding school improvement projects. It also operated a paid, virtual internship program for Navajo County teens focused on researching peer mental health struggles and proposing youth-centered solutions.

Runs "School Participatory Budgeting in Arizona" to engage young people in civic life by having them develop proposals and vote on funding school improvement projects, and operated a paid, virtual internship program for Navajo County teens focused on peer mental health solutions.

Conducts statewide listening activities and nonpartisan survey research to identify Arizona voters' priorities, produces the Arizona Voters' Agenda, and analyzes economic implications of public priorities. Shares trusted data through reports and analyses to inform public discourse and policy solutions.

Explores innovative pathways like degree-based apprenticeships to strengthen local workforce development and publishes case studies on school districts to highlight lessons for academic recovery, teacher retention, and student-focused innovation.

Tracks and updates Arizona’s Progress Meters by analyzing key performance data and creating visualizations to support awareness building, community engagement, and progress toward long-term state goals.

Conducts listening activities and statewide nonpartisan survey research with Arizonans to understand public priorities, elections, and economic benefits, using this data to inform impartial analyses and collaborative leadership on long-term solutions for key state issues. This includes developing the Arizona Voters' Agenda and providing analysis for Arizona's Progress Meters.

Conducts listening activities and statewide nonpartisan survey research with Arizonans to understand public priorities, elections, and economic benefits, using this data to inform impartial analyses and collaborative leadership on long-term solutions for key state issues. This includes developing the Arizona Voters' Agenda and providing data for Arizona's Progress Meters.

Conducts listening activities with Arizonans to understand public priorities, using this data to inform impartial analyses and collaborative leadership on long-term solutions to key state issues. This includes providing analysis for Arizona's Progress Meters, updating them, and creating visualizations to build awareness and community engagement.

Facilitated a pre-conference session where local leaders shared community engagement strategies.

Facilitates pre-conference sessions and other events where local leaders share community engagement strategies and connect classrooms to careers, aiming to advance a shared vision for Arizona's future.

Offers the "Beat the Odds School Leadership Academy" to provide executive leadership training for principals and school system leaders, and manages the "Arizona Personalized Learning Network" to help educators, schools, and districts implement personalized, competency-based learning.

Manages the Arizona Personalized Learning Network to help educators, schools, and districts implement personalized, competency-based learning, and offers the Beat the Odds School Leadership Academy to provide executive leadership training for principals and school system leaders. The organization also implements "Move On When Ready," a mastery-based pathway for high school graduation.

Manages the Arizona Personalized Learning Network to help educators, schools, and districts implement personalized, competency-based learning. It also offers the Beat the Odds School Leadership Academy for executive leadership training for principals and school system leaders, and implements "Move On When Ready" for mastery-based high school graduation.

Welcomes educators to externship days, such as the Palo Verde Teacher Externship Day, to connect classrooms to careers.

Facilitates community engagement strategy sharing among local leaders and will launch the Arizona Media Institute to provide free online resources and programming to newsrooms across Arizona, strengthening local journalism and civic information ecosystems.

Runs the Workforce Leadership Academy, offering professional development to Arizona workforce development leaders to enhance economic mobility and address challenges for workers and businesses. This includes selecting fellows for a year-long professional development program.

Will launch the Arizona Media Institute, providing online resources and year-round programming at no cost to newsrooms across Arizona.

Will launch the Arizona Media Institute, providing online resources and year-round programming at no cost to newsrooms across Arizona.

Will launch the Arizona Media Institute to provide online resources and year-round programming at no cost to newsrooms across Arizona, and facilitates sessions for local leaders to share community engagement strategies.

Offers professional development and leadership training for workforce development leaders (Workforce Leadership Academy), school leaders (Beat the Odds School Leadership Academy), and educators (Palo Verde Teacher Externship Day) to strengthen systems supporting economic mobility and student success.

Manages the Arizona Personalized Learning Network to support educators, schools, and districts in implementing personalized, competency-based learning models, including mastery-based graduation pathways like "Move On When Ready."

Welcomed educators to the Palo Verde Teacher Externship Day to connect classrooms to careers.

Runs the Workforce Leadership Academy, offering professional development to Arizona workforce development leaders to enhance economic mobility and address challenges for workers and businesses. This includes selecting fellows for a year-long professional development program.

Runs the Workforce Leadership Academy, offering professional development to Arizona workforce development leaders to enhance economic mobility and address challenges for workers and businesses. This includes selecting fellows for year-long professional development programs.