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Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

Oklahoma Teachers eat Free: Mon, April 22

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OKLAHOMA TEACHERS: All educators eat for free today at ! It's to honor last year's strike, and the restaurant's continued support for teachers. ALL DAY!

At any location: Moore, Edmond, and Yukon.

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Scholarships for Science Museum Oklahoma Field Trips

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Students in numerous Oklahoma counties and public school districts have the opportunity to visit Science Museum Oklahoma for free as part of a school field trip through September.

Chaparral Energy, L.LC and the Cresap Family Foundation have provided the grants for this opportunity.

Learn more on the NewsOK Website >> Click here.

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Teachers Getting Pay Raise

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How we all feel at Alpha Plus when we find out our teacher friends are getting a pay raise!

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Testing Window Plan

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Seems like the plan to open state testing windows on Apr. 20 every year (as it was once upon a time. ...) is a good one adopted by the State Board of Education today. But, I'm sure some schools will have to revise their academic calendars for 2019-20. ... What do you think?

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Oklahoma board of Education Votes to Change Testing Window

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In an effort to provide more instruction time for state tests and keep students more engaged after taking them, the new-look state Board of Education on Thursday voted unanimously to open the annual testing window on or after April 20 and keep it open for 20 school days.

Currently, the window for testing students in grades three through eight opens on the first instructional day in April and closes at the end of the first week in May.

"We want our schools to be able to test as close as possible to the end of the school year," state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister told the board Thursday. "We want every day to count for students and this will facilitate that."

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We Use Data to Help Schools on the Way to an A!

Teachers and administrators can quickly and easily identify students who need more help learning the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Alpha Plus pinpoints the SPECIFIC OAS objectives or "gaps" students have from previous years, then helps school teams address each objective throughout the year.

That is why Alpha Plus schools have OUTPERFORMED the state average every year of the A-F Report Cards.