Expert Tutoring & College Readiness in McKinney

So much more than tutoring

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Your child deserves only the best. Did you know we provide the following services in addition to research-based individualized instruction?

Academic planning and advising

Collaboration with school personnel

Review of academic records, including IEPs and 504 plans

Advocacy at ARD/504 meetings

College planning and essay writing

Test preparation

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Academics Plus is a PDSES
grant-approved provider.

We are incredibly honored and humbled to announce that Academics Plus was named the 2025 Small Business of the Year by the McKinney Chamber of Commerce. To be recognized by the community we love so deeply is a milestone we will cherish.

Since opening in 1991, we have seen McKinney grow and change, but one thing remains constant: the importance of investing in our children’s futures. Our goal is and has been to build the confidence students need to succeed in school and in life.

Thank you, McKinney. We look forward to many more years of learning and growth together!

Academics Plus is the experienced, supplemental education provider committed to increasing each student’s academic performance while creating an atmosphere of empowerment, enhancing the joy of learning, and encouraging personal excellence in school, home and community.

K-12 Programs

Enrichment as well as Remedial K-12th grade programs available. It’s so much more than tutoring because A+ instruction is diagnostic and prescriptive, based on each learner’s individual needs. This research-based, data-driven instruction commits to achieving specific, written goals or else continuing instruction for free until such goals are met. Progress is certain based on measureable, documented, academic growth since 1991.

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Academics Plus was founded in 1991 by Melinda and Mark Crenwelge. Melinda, who holds a doctoral degree in reading, and Mark, a master’s degree in mathematics, had worked as educators in the Dallas area since the early 1980’s. As parents and active members of their community, the Crenwelge’s understood the value and importance of a quality education. Stephanie Talley joined Melinda in 2013 as instructor, moving quickly to Assistant Director, and then Director. She purchased A+ in 2015. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Psychology. Her goal remains the same: positively impacting the lives of A+ students, their families and the local community by dramatically increasing each student’s academic performance in the classroom.