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Alpha Plus Blog: Alpha Plus News, Materials, Partners, and Education Materials

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

DID YOU KNOW: Oklahoma's Unusual State Symbol

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DID YOU KNOW?
By Jan Barrick, CEO, Alpha Plus.
Featuring a passage about Oklahoma history from the
Success with OAS series.

DID YOU KNOW?

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Point of View: National curriculum ignores Oklahoma academic standards

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Our CEO, Jan Barrick's column in The Oklahoman: "The crux of the matter is simple. We can have the best standards ever written, but if they aren’t being used, nothing changes. When students use textbooks written for Common Core, they are not prepared for the questions that will be asked by the state of Oklahoma in the spring."

Article published Wed., Dec 18, 2019
by Jan Barrick
In The Oklahoman

There’s an old expression that goes like this: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

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Senator Joe Newhouse

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Jan Barrick is CEO of Alpha Plus and has great ideas to help Oklahoma’s curriculum - more to come about her!

Pictured below: Jan Barrick with Senator Joe Newhouse as they discuss ideas for Oklahoma's educational curriculum.

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Extra, Extra -- READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Alpha Plus Educational Systems News

It's been a busy week for us here at Alpha Plus. We are everywhere!

Our director, Jan Barrick's column and school partnership announcements have been making a splash in the news.

We were in 7 news outlets in just one week!

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Jan Barrick's Article in the Edmond Sun

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'The Way to an "A": How to Help Your Child Succeed inSchool', by Jan Barrick, M.Ed.

Did you see Jan's column in The Edmond Sun last week on time management? In case you missed it, you can read it here .

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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.