August 6, 2020
A for Arizona Announces Round One of 2020 Expansion and Innovation Fund Grant Recipients
A for Arizona announced today the 18 public K-12 school systems that will receive Expansion and Innovation Fund grants to innovate and reimagine how best to serve their students…
July 28, 2020
Guest Blog: Girl Scout Summer Adventures Proves to Be a Virtual Learning Success
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, all students – those who didn't finish the recent school year in-class to those who will start school for the first time – face a very…
July 20, 2020
A for Arizona Announces Expansion and Innovation Fund Vetting Committee
Today, A for Arizona announced the Vetting Committee for the Expansion and Innovation Fund consisting of local and national education, philanthropic and industry leaders. A for…
July 13, 2020
RedefinED: Scenes from the K-12 Era Pandemic, Cactus Patch Edition
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey granted $1 million from the governor’s Emergency Education Relief fund through federal CARES Act monies to the non-profit A for Arizona Expansion and…
July 12, 2020
Urban Reform: Federal CARES money to fund school innovations in Arizona
Arizona has been awarded $1 million from Gov. Doug Ducey’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) fund to provide vulnerable students in the state with the highest education…
July 3, 2020
Inside Tucson Business: A for Arizona Expansion and Innovation Fund will support students whose education was disrupted by COVID-19
On June 24, the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief fund awarded $1 million to the A for Arizona Expansion and Innovation Fund, which will support students whose education was…
June 29, 2020
Arizona Capitol Times: Q&A with Emily Anne Gullickson
For the third in its new series of video interviews with movers and shakers from the world of Arizona politics, the Arizona Capitol Times sat down (virtually) with Emily Anne…
June 25, 2020
Center for Education Reform: ARIZONA LEADS WAY FOR SCHOOL INNOVATION
Arizona once again proved why it understands innovation, especially in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, is critical. A for Arizona’s Expansion and Innovation Fund, focused on…
June 25, 2020
ExcellenceinEd: Arizona Students, Educators Receive Strong Support from Governor Ducey’s CARES Act Plan
Governor Ducey is one of the first governors so far to leverage GEER funding for innovation grants. His $1 million investment in A for Arizona’s Expansion and Innovation Fund will…
June 24, 2020
Arizona Republic: Ducey unveils aid package to help keep Arizona’s K-12 schools afloat during pandemic
Nonprofit A for Arizona will oversee the innovation grant program and is expected to match the state’s investment through private donations. Schools will have roughly four weeks…