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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? Bessie Coleman: Her Dreams Were in the Sky

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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.
 

In Oklahoma history, Bessie Coleman was just a freshman attending the Colored Agricultural and Normal University at Langston in the early 1900s. She went on to become the first black woman and the first Native American woman to receive an international pilot’s license. Read more in this sneak peek of our 6th grade ELA book!

 Her Dreams Were in the Sky

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DID YOU KNOW: Teacher William "Bill" Wallace, Celebrated Oklahoma Author

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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?

In Oklahoma history, a Chickasha teacher named William “Bill” Wallace became much loved for his writing. In this selection, we learn more about the award-winning author of 31 books who brought joy to so many.

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DID YOU KNOW: The "Panhandle State"

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DID YOU KNOW?
In Oklahoma history, our state’s borders are defined by United States history. This resulted in adding what was first called “No Man’s Land.”

Oklahoma, the Panhandle State

Many states are defined by natural borders. However, only Oklahoma’s southern border, the Red River, is natural. How did the west side of our state get its panhandle? Why did the river as a border change? United States history explains our borders.

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Alpha Plus Books Are: HOT off the Presses!

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Alpha Plus Books are...HOT off the Presses!

Pictured standing behind another shipment of our books are Konrad Kosanke, our founder Jan Barrick, Stan Kosanke, and Kyler Kosanke. For more information about our books, please go to our books section.

 

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ALPHA PLUS HEROES: Stonewall/McLish

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Today we honor Stonewall / McLish 5th grade English language arts teachers! Here are Ms. Miller, Mr. Larsh and Ms. Gilbert
evaluating midyear benchmark data from Alpha Plus Online and their Pacing Calendars (left). Using aligned data to pace out priority OAS objectives for the rest of the school year is one of many reasons they are our heroes!

Learn more: https://alphaplus.org/data-driven_school_improvement/free-resources/free-resources-2

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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.