Dear Senators, We write to express our opposition to HB 2190. While we all share the goal of having the highest possible education standards that reflect Arizona values, we have some serious concerns with this bill. The bill prohibits adoption or implementation of any academic standards that are "substantially the same" as not only the “Common Core” standards but also Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards and other standards developed to align to readiness for college

April 1, 2015 5:30PM - 7:30PM NAU Skydome FREE To highlight Flagstaff's efforts in becoming the nation's first STEM City, it will host its second annual STEM Community Celebration. This two hour event showcases local STEM students, researchers, scientists and businesses as a way to create awareness of the fascinating science going on around the community as well as to spark interest in the future development of STEM activities. Free and open to the public, all are welcome to

When: April 2, 2015 Co-sponsored by ECoNA, STEM leaders across the community along with Flagstaff's Mayor, Jerry Nabours, and NAU's President Rita Cheng will hear from keynote Tom Darcy of IBM ways in which Flagstaff can continue to develop STEM collaborations. Also present will be representatives from the Arizona Community Foundation and the Science Foundation of Arizona. #STEM #science #ECoNA

Editor: Flagstaff is an amazing community and has a growing science, technology and economic eco-structure, in large part due to the careful and successful decisions made by Northern Arizona University and its partners. The growing bio-medical sector is a vital part of our STEM City and our future economic growth; research talent and infrastructure at NAU significantly supply this sector. Now the Arizona legislature and the governor are publically discussing a plan to cut NAU