In today's ED Week commentary new NMSI President, Sara Martinez Tucker, shines a light on the problems the nation is facing in education. She uses the success of Rudy Davis, former A+ College Ready AP student at Minor High School, as an example of how STEM learning can help us grow as a nation in today's learning enviroment. 

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Congratulations to Alabama's 2013-14 Teacher of the Year, Dr. Alison Grizzle. Dr. Grizzle has been an AP Statistics teacher in the A+
College Ready Program at PD Jackson Olin High School for the past two years.   This year she is teaching 28 AP Stats students at and next year enrollment in her class doubled.  Clearly this gifted and passionate teacher inspires students to trust and follow her – even into a course they know will be extremely challenging.
 
Just a day after winning this highest award, Alison was back in the classroom giving her students final guidance before their AP exam.  And she spent several Saturday’s this spring teaching AP Stats students from all over the state at A+ Saturday Student Study sessions - extending her reach far beyond her own classroom.     
 
A+ College Ready is very lucky to have Alison Grizzle in our  Program.   We wish Alison and her students the best of luck!

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     Jeff Gray, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Alabama and A+ College Ready Partner, has written an excellent update about our National Science Foundation- funded Computer Science Principles project. The article published in CSTA Voice, notes that the Computer Science Principles "project will provide year-long professional development (PD) among cohorts of peer teachers”. The first Cohort of 11 Mentor/Teachers will be trained this summer toward a goal of 50 new Computer Science teachers trained over the next 3 years.      

You can read the full article published in Volume 9, Issue 2 of CSTA Voice Newsletter here.

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A+ College Ready is proud to annouce that Alison Grizzle, AP Statistics teacher for P.D. Jackson Olin High School, and Jeff Johnson, AP Physics ACCESS teacher for A+ College Ready, are final four candidate for the 2013-2014 Alabama Teacher of the Year! Please read the rest of the article from the Alabama State Department of Education to learn more about the condidates. 
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In US News and World Report annual 'Best High Schools' special that ten of the top 20 ranked schools in Alabama are A+ College Ready Program Schools. Also, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School was ranked 7th in the nation. Read More...

Thanks to teachers -listed below- from across the state who have completed work on a 10th grade chemistry curriculum that deeply integrates NMSI/Laying the Foundation lessons and is aligned with ACT's QualityCorp End of Course test that all Alabama students will soon be taking.  Read More...