Of every 10 students entering Arizona’s high schools, only seven graduate. Of those seven graduates, only four continue to college. Of those four in college, only two earn a degree.

That is not good enough - not for our children, not for Arizona.

In 2005, the John Ellis family funded the Ellis Center for Educational Excellence and provided an endowment to the Arizona Community Foundation with the goal of supporting public education improvement in Arizona. As a first step in our work, both governing boards have joined forces to produce this report.