This issue of the Newsletter focuses on our youth and on public education. Elizabeth Brown, Candidate for State Senate LD14, has been a life-long advocate for a strong, innovative and well-funded public school system. This education system is critical to providing a skilled workforce for Arizona's emerging technology industries. Articles below highlight the dangers of continuing the expanded voucher system as advocated by Elizabeth's opponent Warren Petersen. The business community embraces programs in STEM related fields taught in our public schools and community colleges. In these programs students benefit from a centralized, systematic curriculum tied to industry standards with the potential of certification for jobs after graduation. |