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SOAR® Raises Test Scores Five Standard Points, GPAs by 1 Full Point!

May 28, 2013

We just received some A-M-A-Z-I-N-G data!  It came to us from Maeser Academy, home of SOAR®’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. According to the school’s administrator, Robyn Ellis: – “GPAs are up at least a full point every month this year…” – “Test scores are five points above the national average and five standard points…

What Are We NOT Teaching Our Students?

January 14, 2013

Last week, my 3.5 year-old daughter, Maddie, came home from school very upset! She climbed on my lap and held her head down low. In a quiet and meek voice she explained, “Mama, I don’t wike school. I don’t wike gym…Miss H. yewwed at me. She say I can’t touch the liar farm.” Me: “You mean the…

About SOAR

August 23, 2026

Brain-First Learning in an AI World About SOAR About SOAR Learning SOAR® began with a former “struggling student” who finally learned how to learn. Today, it is the #1 study skills curriculum in the world — used in 5,100+ schools across 53+ countries. Brian Winter & Susan Kruger Winter, co-founders of SOAR Learning Our story…

High School: Study Skills & Executive Function Curriculum

August 18, 2026

Brain-First Learning for an AI World HIGH SCHOOL Study Skills for High School: The Executive Function Curriculum The skills that look like motivation problems often aren’t. They’re executive function gaps — and SOAR® makes the invisible visible. The Shift High school raises the stakes — but not every student arrives with the skills to manage…

Why SOAR Works?

August 14, 2026

Brain-First Learning for an AI World Why SOAR Works The Brain Science Behind the Curriculum The Science of Reading & Learning point to the same mechanism. Learning is not the hard part. Powering the brain to do it — in the right order — is the whole game. The same mechanism applies for all ages.…

The Power of Gratitude, in School and at Home

September 3, 2013

I was diagnosed with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis at age 19. The summer before my third year of college, I became extraordinarily sick. Somehow I limped through my first semester until I could return home for the holidays. But that Christmas was a disappointment. I couldn’t keep up with our traditional all-night euchre games with…

About Susan Kruger Winter

August 23, 2026

Brain-First Learning in an AI World About Susan About Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed. “America’s #1 Learning Expert” Susan built SOAR® from her own struggles as a student — and turned those struggles into the #1 study skills curriculum in the world. At a glance Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed. is a certified K–12 learning & ELA…

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