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

Alpha Plus Blog

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

Enlarge Your Child's World

Love of reading

What are you going to foster your child's love of reading?

Here's a worthwhile quote from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world.

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Meet Our CEO, Jan Barrick

Jan Barrick, CEO

Our CEO, Jan Barrick, founded Alpha Plus in 1990.

Prior to starting her company, Jan was a classroom teacher.

She believes it's crucial for curriculum to be written by Oklahoma teachers, to Oklahoma standards.

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Summer Reading

Summer Reading

 

By Jeannette Walls, "The Glass Castle".

"One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to ready by."

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Recommended Books for Boys?

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If you know of a good book series for middle school boys,
please go to our Facebook page and drop your suggestions into the comments.

Let's make reading fun this summer!

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Skip the Cram Session: Slow Down and Read in Summer’s Last Days

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The fourth of July has come and gone, and while I personally love our most American of holidays, it also marks the beginning of the end of summer.  It just seems as if summer starts slipping away as the smoke from the fireworks drifts into the wind.

For most families, the beginning of a new academic year is now less than one month away.  It’s time for back-to-school shopping, schedule juggling and activity scheduling. Prep work for the school year can make a final summer hurrah feel like an insurmountable task. 

Can we go visit a theme park one more time? Can we take a short weekend trip? Is there a free weekend left for a sleepover, or a campout or a visit to grandma’s?Making summer memories is fun, but it requires time and money, after all. 

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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.