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The Arizona Alternative Education Consortium (AZ AEC) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide, through a democratic process, a unified voice for alternative education stakeholders in Arizona. Locate additional information on the organization and its activities on its Facebook page, or email azaec2011@gmail.com.
Web Site: http://azaec.org
The state of Arizona’s education partnership, Arizona Ready (http://www.arizonaready.com/about/goals), has set some aggressive goals to be met by 2020: Increase the percentage of third graders meeting state reading standards to 94% Raise the high school graduation rate to 93% Increase the percentage of eighth graders achieving at or above basic on the National Assessment...
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The Arizona State Board of Education is making decisions about the parallel accountability model for alternative schools. The Arizona Alternative Education Consortium (AZ AEC) has been proactively addressing this issue, and stakeholders’ voices are being heard. AZ AEC Activity We spent months studying what works for alternative education accountability in other states, formed an...
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Work among state entities on alternative school accountability is reaching “critical mass.” The Research and Evaluation division of the Arizona Department of Education, considering expert advice from its Accountability Advisory Group (AAG), is working on a “parallel achievement profile” calculation (A.R.S. §15-241, J) to recommend to the State Board of Education. The AZ LEARNS...
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Lisa Wasko-Cothrun. Jessica Melrose. John Sills. At its 2011 state conference in November the Arizona Charter Schools Association (ACSA) recognized these three alternative school educators for the quality education they provide to students and their families. School Leader of the Year Lisa Wasko-Cothrun is Assistant Superintendent at the Rose Academies. She was one of...
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Thanks to all of you for making the Arizona Alternative Education Consortium (AZ AEC) the unified voice for alternative education in this state. We are currently in touch with almost 200 contacts – various people interested in the opportunities offered through nontraditional education in Arizona. The AZ AEC is truly the AmaZing Alternative Education...
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It was a long, hot summer here in Arizona, as we all know. But that didn’t stop the Arizona Alternative Education Consortium (AZ AEC) from moving ahead with mission-driven actions. We have made significant progress on a number of issues that our consortium members have identified. Based on input from the field over the...
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Happy New Year!, school year that is. Most of us have the feeling that we blinked, June and July were gone, and now it’s August, the beginning of a new school year. The Arizona Alternative Education Consortium (AZ AEC) was very active during the summer. In June, the Consortium held two Arizona alternative education...
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For this issue of the Charter School Monthly, the tales of two alternative education consortium graduates speak for themselves. One tale is from a graduate whose journey began in Liberia. The other “tale” is the 2011 graduation keynote speech from a woman who graduated in 2000. Refugee to Graduate Evelyn was a refugee from...
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You’re familiar with the expression to “mind your p’s and q’s.” Arizona’s Alternative Education Consortium (AZ AEC) is enthusiastic that Arizona has a commitment to mind its educational p’s and r’s: dropout prevention and recovery. AECs Are Dropout Prevention and Recovery In 2002, the Arizona State Board of Education defined alternative education campuses (AECs)...
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