About Us

We want to make finding, exploring and enrolling in schools simpler. 

We know that within Arizona there are many GREAT school options. Arizona is at the head-of-the-class in terms of providing educational options for families.   Open enrollment in the public schools, a growing number of charter schools, along with tax credit and ESA programs to help fund private education…Arizona provides its families with more school options than any other state.  

Arizona is at the head-of-the-class in terms of providing educational options for families. With so many educational choices, it is important for families to have the necessary tools and resources to help find a school that works best for them.  We, as a community, need to understand the challenge this brings to many of our residents.  It is our mission to help ALL people in Southern Arizona make better sense of their options and encourage them to engage in the school exploration process.  

We want to make school information more accessible and understandable to ALL.

CIC recently carried out a survey for Arizona parents and found that low-income parents were 7x more likely to do NO research when selecting schools.  In large, they do less research, have less understanding of Arizona’s educational landscape,  and consider fewer school options.   Low-income and the BIPOC community reported having less access to unbiased and trusted information about schools and found the school exploration process more confusing and difficult than their counterparts. 

We asked parents and guardians in the Tucson community both in the form of administering an extensive school exploration survey and through conducting focus groups to better understand families experiences, challenges, and gaps they encounter when navigating school information in Tucson.  The result was one that led us firmly to believe our families need more support in understanding their school options. 
Coming soon…. Survey Summary Report 

We want to help families become partners in their child’s education. 

Studies have shown that when families are engaged in school, their children are more likely to succeed.  Family engagement can be a difference maker in a child’s education. We believe that the school exploration process is STEP ONE and can kick-start a healthy family-school relationship by breaking down barriers to parental involvement. We know from our recent Arizona parent survey that BIPOC and low-income families are more likely to do NO research when choosing a school.  Once the school years begin, they report feeling less heard by their school leaders and less likely to give feedback.  Research has shown that parental involvement in their children’s learning is a more powerful predictor to their student’s academic success than any other variable – including race and class.