Building Arizona’s 21st Century Schools

Building Arizona’s 21st Century Schools:
Ensuring Innovative School Facilities for the Digital Age

A Report from the Arizona School Facilities Board
in response to Executive Order 2007-06
Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona 

Since it is a matter of State interest to see Arizona students achieve and excel, then it is a matter of State responsibility to see that the schools we build for them are places designed to nurture their level of performance, and enrich their educational experience. The schools Arizona will build for the 21st Century ought to be expressions of our aspirations for our children and the future they will create.

This next generation of schools for the digital age should reflect the innovation, and motivation for excellence that will be required of this current generation of students, and of those that will follow, if they are to succeed in the interconnected reality of the global economy. This report, in response to Governor Napolitano’s Executive Order 2007-06, does not presume to be an exhaustive answer to the issues raised by the Governor, nor to be a definitive crystal ball prediction of what the rest of the 21st century holds in store for our schools, our teachers, or our students. Rather, it is intended to help focus public policy discussions about the design and construction of our next generation of school facilities being equal to the nature and demands of a future fueled by emerging technologies.

Innovation and Excellence should be the watchwords for those discussions

http://www.sfb.state.az.us/sfb/21st%20Century%20Schools/21st%20Century%20Schools%20Report.pdf