A Grade Ahead has been busy over the past six months. All students across the system participated in new curriculum in May called Application and Development. We wrapped up the 2017-2018 school year and all students moved “a grade ahead” …
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A Grade Ahead Enrichment Academies Explained in New Video
Have you ever wondered about how and why A Grade Ahead came in to existence? Or what makes A Grade Ahead’s enrichment academies different from the other after-school programs across the country? Or were you curious about how the program …
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Introducing Application and Development Month at A Grade Ahead
A Grade Ahead’s May curriculum has been rewritten and focuses on developing logic and extended thinking skills in both math and English. In our Application and Development month, the students will have a chance to develop a deeper understanding of …
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What’s New at A Grade Ahead? January 2018
A Grade Ahead ended 2017 with a flurry of activities. The corporate office and central Ohio academies raised money through a Change for Puerto Rico campaign. Our central Ohio students participated in a trial of a new online system used …
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How Do Video Games Affect Kids’ Minds?
All parents get worried about letting their kids play video games or watch too much TV. Will it affect their brain development? Will it cause them to not do their schoolwork? Will it affect school performance? Will they hate books? …
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What’s New at A Grade Ahead? October 2017
As we head into the fall months, it’s a great time to reflect on all of the activities that A Grade Ahead students and staff participated in this summer. We celebrated the one year anniversary of A Grade Ahead’s new …
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Could Free ACT and SAT Exams Benefit Low-Income Students?
College enrollment among lower income students has been an issue for years. High schools want their students to move on to college, but among lower income students, that has not been a reality. New research suggests that if states pay …
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What’s New at A Grade Ahead? July 2017
The last three months at A Grade Ahead have been a blur of activity for staff, students, and parents. We have had held graduation celebrations at our academies, introduced hands-on activities into our curriculum, launched our Parent Portal to all …
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The Trend Towards Hands-on Learning in Education
Hands-on learning has become an important topic in education. Think back to when you were a kid—chances are, you sat through lecture and completed homework to learn a concept. While this does aide learning and a tactic that teachers still …
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What’s New at A Grade Ahead? April 2017
In the first three months of 2017, A Grade Ahead has continued to grow and celebrate milestones. On March 5th, we passed the six month anniversary of our transition from MathWizard to A Grade Ahead. It seems like just yesterday …
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