We live in polarized times, when almost every issue has turned into a wedge issue. Immigration. Climate change. Gun violence. Voting rights.
But one area where there seems to be unity – at least on the surface – is the desire to close the achievement gap in education.
From nonprofits to business chambers to cities and counties, a Who’s Who of Arizona influencers have signed on as partners with Expect More Arizona and the organization’s Arizona Education Progress Meter, which serves as a tool to measure the academic gaps that exist between minority and white and low- and high-income students and to demand our state take concrete steps to address it.