The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2007 state of the state addresses. To assure that this information reaches you in a timely manner, minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) or format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the state.
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| Governor Janet Napolitano's State of the State Address
Early Learning
Implement early childhood learning programs approved in Proposition 203.
High School
Require 4 years of math, 3 years of science, and a solid grounding in language arts, civics and the fine arts in high school.
Technology
Increase technology integration.
Science
Science should move from teaching memorization to understanding and analysis by supporting out-of-school time, hands-on activities (e.g., science fairs and robotics clubs) so students can apply experiential learning.
Gifted/Talented
Specialized learning environments for students who need additional help or who do not do well in a standard classroom.
Economic/Workforce Development
Individualized learning paths aligned with workforce demands.
Assessments
Get Arizona's Intstrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test results to teachers, students and parents in real-time.
High School -- Dropout Rates/Grad Rates
Raise the dropout age from 16 to 18.
Tutoring/Mentoring
Make funds available for tutoring, mentoring and special services for at-risk students.
Teacher Quality -- Induction/Mentoring
Improve teacher mentoring.
Teaching Quality -- Compensation
Statewide minimum starting teacher salary of $33,000 with additional raises.
Teaching Quality -- Hard-to-Staff Schools
Salary incentives for teachers in hard-to-staff schools.
School Districts
Work with school districts to build schools for the future.
Financial Aid
Increase state financial aid.
Faculty
Increase funding for universities to recruit and retain world-class faculty
Finance (Postsecondary)
Increase funding for universities to gradutate more students faster.
Economic/Workforce Development (Postsecondary)
Create a new college of construction to educate construction managers, increase funding for a biomedical campus in Phoenix and increase investment in Graduate Medical Education to $44 million.
Postsecondary
Increase number of graduates in teaching, healthcare, engineering and research. | |
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