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

Alpha Plus Heroes: Grandfield Elementary School

Grandfield Elementary School

Alpha Plus software helps Grandfield Elementary School teachers work on their class data, using "Success with OAS" materials. Grandfield teachers are Alpha Plus Heroes for their knowledge and use of data to help their students achieve. Alpha Plus "Success with OAS" materials help make this work easier and more accurate. Alpha Plus Software helps Grandfield teachers generate accurate student data to help their students achieve.

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CONGRATS to McAlester Schools for OAS Growth!

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Congratulations to McAlester Public Schools for Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) Growth in 2020-21!

Data from spring benchmark assessments of the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) in reading and math found students in schools using OAS-aligned curriculum and assessments performing better than expected this year despite the pandemic.

At McAlester Public Schools in Pittsburg County, spring scores at all four schools using OAS-aligned benchmarks were above statewide averages in the fall and the spring and all posted above-average growth. Edmond Doyle and Will Rogers elementary schools posted the greatest growth from fall to spring at 27 percentage points with Emerson Elementary and Parker Intermediate achieving significant academic growth as well.

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Congrats to Guymon schools on OAS Growth

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Congratulations to Guymon Public Schools for Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) Growth in 2020-21!

 Data from spring benchmark assessments of the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) in reading and math found students in schools using OAS-aligned curriculum and assessments performing better than expected this year despite the pandemic.

At Guymon Public Schools, spring scores at Academy Elementary (Grades 3-4) and North Park Elementary (Grades 5-6) are at or above the statewide average this spring and students posted significant academic growth.

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Did You Know?

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In Oklahoma history, many times it is surprising where a person’s dreams can take them. One little boy’s dreams led to a lifetime of public service.

From Chilocco to Yankee Stadium

      As a little boy, Emmett Seeley always had big dreams. He played baseball every day after his chores were finished and his mother gave him permission. Late in life he became a popular coach of Little League teams in Murray County and, in between, he served his country. Emmett Seeley was a little boy who made his dream come true, then returned home to Oklahoma to fuel the dreams of other little boys.

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Did You Know?

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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

In 1919, 27-year-old Bessie Coleman was doing nails in a Chicago barbershop. Born in Texas, she had saved up her money and moved to Oklahoma to attend what is now Langston University. She could only afford one semester so she went to live with family in Chicago and attended beauty school.

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