What do a commercial, mathematics contest, standardized tests, and robots have in common? They are all what’s new at A Grade Ahead. Over the past few months, A Grade Ahead has been busy with tons of new exciting news and …
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Author: Nate Baltzer
The Most Important Math Formulas to Know in High School
All High School mathematics students are familiar with learning and memorizing new formulas. There are hundreds of formulas, postulates, and theorems that they are expected to understand and implement on homework, quizzes, and tests. But should students memorize all of …
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Childhood Snow Days: A Grade Ahead Employees Remember
The A Grade Ahead staff thinks back to those wonderful mornings where they got the call from the school, watched the ticker on the news, or heard from a loved one that school was cancelled for the day. What was …
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4 Math Topics Your Student Needs to Practice More
Mathematics is a subject that aligns well with the old saying “practice makes perfect.” It is different from other subjects in a sense because it requires patience, time, effort, and (you guessed it) practice. Some topics in math are generally …
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Meet Meeta Singh, Owner of A Grade Ahead of Frisco, Texas
1. Full Name of the Owner(s): (as you would like it to appear in the article) Meeta Singh 2. Academy Name & Location Frisco, Texas 3. Do you have a family? If you have any children, what are their names …
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When Will I Ever Use Geometry?
It’s understandable when students as, “When will I ever use Geometry?” After all, Geometry is a shift in mathematics in school. It’s the first time where students are asked to prove statements using definitions, theorems, and axioms. This can be …
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A GRADE AHEAD’S EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT SERIES: Meet Our Graphic designer, Sarah Laatsch
We have the pleasure of introducing you to our graphic designer Sarah Laatsch. Sarah received her degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She has been with the company in a variety of roles for about three …
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Should Students Memorize Times Tables?
Everyone can agree that multiplication is a necessary part of a student’s early math education. Something that is not agreed on is if memorizing multiplication facts is essential. There is much debate over the question “Should students memorize times tables?” …
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A Grade Ahead’s Employee Spotlight Series: Meet Teacher and Curriculum Writer, Adam Sullivan
We’d like to introduce Adam Sullivan: a teacher and curriculum writer who is in his third year of working at A Grade Ahead. An alumni of Otterbein University, he has a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Mathematics and a Grades …
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A Grade Ahead’s Employee Spotlight Series: Meet Our Teacher and Admin, Johnny Taylor
Johnny is an administrator and teacher who attended Xavier University for three years and completed his Bachelors of Science in Education at Otterbein University. He is a valuable member of the A Grade Ahead team who wears many hats for …
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