Arizona Sets High Education Goals

Arizona Ready, chaired by Craig R. Barrett, Ph.D., (who also is Achieve's Board of Directors Chair and retired CEO and Chairman of the Board of Intel) and Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal, met this past week to discuss state strategies for education reform. Mr. Barrett said. "We must ask more of our students; we must successfully implement the new internationally benchmarked Arizona standards and assessment system; we must increase teacher training in mathematics and science; and we must be accountable for our progress in education reform. The status quo is simply unacceptable." Read the article...