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

Alpha Plus Welcomes Senator Newhouse

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Our CEO, Jan Barrick, welcomes Senator Joe Newhouse to Alpha Plus on Friday as the two continue their focus on how to make Oklahoma a top ten state.

Sen. Newhouse and Jan discussed improving training, compensation, and respect for Oklahoma teachers as keys to improving student success.

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Jan Barrick: OU Alumni Reception

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From Jan:

"Enjoyed visiting with OU President Joseph Harroz at the OU Alumni and Friends Reception yesterday in the Devon Tower. Also met one of the students I tutored when I first started out in Norman, Brad Purcell. Boomer!”

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Jan Barrick

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Our founder, Jan Barrick, was the featured speaker at Rotary Club of Oklahoma City's Club 29 breakfast meeting on January 9th.

Jan will be speaking about "How Oklahoma Can be a Top Ten State for Education" at 7 a.m. at Ingrid's Kitchen, 3701 N. Youngs, in Oklahoma City.

Jan is proud to be an active Rotarian with a deep love for her community and state.

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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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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.