Same Students.
Same Teachers.
Better Results.

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The number of students who have benefited from the BARR system.
20
The BARR system has been proven to create statistically significant impacts in 20 areas of academic performance and outcomes for students, teachers, and schools.
40%
On average, large urban schools see a 40% reduction in failure rate after one year of BARR.

Who We Are

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We are a strengths-based educational system that disrupts the historical factory model of schools and provides them with a comprehensive approach to meeting the academic and non-academic needs of all students through the power of relationships and data.

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What We Do

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BARR is a transformative model that ensures each and every student succeeds by prioritizing relationship-building.

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Real Results

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We say we’ve never failed, and we mean it. We have a 100% success rate with improving student outcomes, in schools of all shapes and sizes.

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BARR gives educators the tools to work together to better understand and build on students’ strengths, proactively address the non-academic reasons why they may fall behind in school and identify what they need to thrive within and outside the classroom.

“Implementation of BARR is possible in many different scenarios. It’s a program that is robust to context… It doesn’t matter whether it is a large school or a small school or an urban school or rural school. It doesn’t matter what the particular challenges or assets that my school has. This program seems to work pretty much across the board.”


The BARR model reflects the conviction that all students can excel regardless of race, zip code, or family income when they are provided with the right supports.

Most Likely to Change the World podcast, hosted by Angie Jerabek, Executive Director and Founder



BARR Center Welcomes First-Ever Director of State and Federal Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 7, 2025MEDIA CONTACTkerry@letmebeclear.com Minneapolis, MN – BARR Center (Building Assets and Reducing Risks) is expanding its leadership team with the …

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Minnesota’s Independent School District 196 Expands BARR Implementation to All Four High Schools 

Every fall is an exciting time at BARR Center as we welcome new schools to the BARR family. We are thrilled to …

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It’s Not Another Thing – It’s The Thing.

How BARR is reshaping our district Dr. Alison Gillespie is the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching & Learning at White Bear Lake Area School …

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BARR Featured in NGA’s Let’s Get Ready Roadmap

Minneapolis, MN – Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) Center is proud to announce that the BARR model is featured in the National …

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BARR Center Founder and Executive Director Angela Jerabek Shares Her Unique College Path During Her Address at the College of St. Benedict’s 2025 Commencement Ceremony

St. Joseph, MN – Angela Jerabek started her freshman year at the College of St. Benedict as a pre-med major, because she …

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