"Schools are fragile institutions. It's easy for them to turn bad or to become struggling. And then it's really hard to turn them around."
- Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers
New for 2009-2010: Truancy Packets. Empty desks result in less learning and fewer dollars to support your school. Our new Truancy Packets help students understand the ramifications of being absent and the short- and long-term benefits of improved attendance.
Little Time. Less Money. More Problems
Discipline Learning Packets can help. Students can be taught discipline. Packets cost pennies per student. Can be used right out of the box. And have proven to improve student discipline.
Resources for Better Schools
The Advantage Press is a publisher of innovative behavior improvement products to help school administrators and law enforcement authorities tackle difficult problems.
We also have programs for Physical Education teachers, High School Cooperative Education teachers, Middle and High School Health teachers and more.
Our signature "Discipline Learning Packets" are available for students in grades two through twelve. Special purpose packets have been designed for special education students and for dealing with school bullies.
New Tips & Suggestions: Thanks to the continued input from many of our schools we've compiled tips and suggestions for using the packets.
Looking for money? The America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 calls for over $80 billion in additional federal funds for K-12 schools. We've put together an ARRA Information page.
About the Advantage Press
The Advantage Press became incorporated in 1986. We are a group of active and retired educators (teachers and administrators) with experience at all grade levels and in all types of communities. Groups of students are used in real school settings to test our material before we put it on the market. We use English teachers to edit our packets and computer teachers to provide the conversions to file formats for various computers and word processors.
Do our packets work?
Look at the results of surveys we sent to schools using our Learning Packets: Survey Page
Look at what educators are saying about the Learning Packets: Feedback Page
News For Educators
Applications Now Available for $3.5 Billion in Title I School Improvement Grants to Turn Around Nation's Lowest Achieving Public Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the final requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation's lowest performing schools. The applications are now available at http://www.ed.gov/programs/sif/applicant.html and are due into the Department of Education by Feb. 8, 2010.
"As a country, we all need to get into the turnaround business," said Duncan. "Today we are providing $3.5 billion and four models that have proven results so that school districts, unions, charter operators, universities and the business community can come together to turn around our nation's lowest performing schools. Adults need to have the courage to make these tough decisions and do right by our kids."
In large part, behavioral issues are the primary impediment to student learning. And, in most cases, that impediment can be fixed. The guiding purpose supporting our Discipline Learning Packets has been a philosophy that stresses the positive learning experience that comes from understanding and reflecting on one's actions.
Reading "philosophy statements" is often not high on the list of the time-pressed educator. In this case, however, even the casual reader will see that the philosophy behind our discipline packets fits perfectly into the President's charge.
The Philosophy Statement of the Advantage Press.
As of January 1, 2009, over 176,000 of our products had been sold to schools in the United States and Canada.
Free Samples
Our Free Samples Page provides a variety of free samples for you to examine.
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