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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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