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GEO Is Changing the Education Landscape…Literally!

Mar 22, 2021

Every once in a while, it’s worth sitting back and taking a look at what’s going on around you. Seems like some times we move so fast that we lose track of the progress we are making and we don’t consider the immenseness (is that a word?) of what we are doing. I got into this […]

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Posted in 21st Century Charter at Gary, Academics, Blog, Gary Middle College, GEO Prep Academy - Greater Baton Rouge, GEO Prep Mid-City, Latest News, Uncategorized


3 Year Teacher Improvement Grant Approved, PPI and IHSAA Action

Mar 10, 2021

I just received notice that all 4 GEO Indiana schools will take part in a three-year teacher-improvement program led by the National Insitute for Excellence in Teaching. These guys are the developers of the TAP system, a program that is centered on student data, helps teachers and leaders understand student data, helps schools develop career […]

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GEO’s Indiana Students Shine at Statehouse

Feb 25, 2021

Yesterday was a great day in Indianapolis! Six students from GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana and three students from GEO Next Generation High School Indianapolis, met with the state’s top education leaders including Secretary of Education Katie Jenner and Indiana Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers. Our students gathered to share their achievements […]

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Posted in 21st Century Charter at Gary, Academics, Blog, Gary Middle College, GEO Prep Academy - Greater Baton Rouge, GEO Prep Mid-City, Latest News, Uncategorized


GEO Students Outgrew Counterparts Across the Country During the Pandemic

Feb 17, 2021

  When you commission a study on your academic performance, you really don’t know what results you are going to get. So, it’s a bit of a gamble. You think you know things are going good, but you really don’t know until you see the data. So, today was a BIG day at GEO. Last […]

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Posted in 21st Century Charter at Gary, Academics, Blog, Gary Middle College, GEO Prep Academy - Greater Baton Rouge, GEO Prep Mid-City, Latest News, Uncategorized




New School Building, LA Superintendent Visit, Old National Contribution, and an IBJ Column

Jan 30, 2021

Ok, where do I start? This was quite a week. And no, I’m not talking about the stock market. I’m talking about a great school choice week! We’ve been busy!  We received a $10,000 contribution from Old National Bank in support of our college success efforts, reached agreement on buying a new 20-acre, two-school building property […]

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Posted in Academics, Blog, GEO in the News, Latest News, News Releases, Uncategorized


MLK Entered College at 15, Finished by 19

Jan 18, 2021

As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today for all the great things he did and stood for while on this earth, let us not forget that in 1944, at age 15 and as a junior in high school, he passed the entrance test and enrolled in Morehouse College. He earned a full bachelor’s […]

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21st Century Charter Logs 88.9% College and Career Readiness Rating

Jan 14, 2021

In recent months, several studies have been conducted on funding disparities between traditional public schools and public charter schools. Most focus on the “average” disparity between the schools. Look a little deeper and you will find the inequity to be much bigger in Gary, Indiana. Using numbers provided by the Indiana Department of Education, Gary […]

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Posted in 21st Century Charter at Gary, Academics, Blog, Uncategorized


2020: New Beginnings and Graduations GEO Schools and Students on the Move

Dec 15, 2020

Dear Friends, I know we are all looking forward to finishing out the year of Covid and getting on with our lives in 2021, but I wanted to take a few minutes to share all the good things that happened in 2020 and to thank you for your continued support and friendship.   Believe it […]

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GEO School Receives 30% Less But Beats Rich White Schools Anyway

Oct 01, 2020

Dear Friends: The Center for Reinventing Public Education released an important study today showing Indiana schools serving mostly poor and minority students receive approximately $4700 less per student than schools serving the rest of the state’s students. The study said this amounts to about a third less than all other schools. Yet, the report said […]

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October 6, 2020 Launches GEO Next Generation High School Baton Rouge

Sep 29, 2020

Please plan to join us on October 6 at 10 a.m. for our ribbon cutting ceremony to open Baton Rouge’s newest high school, GEO Next Generation High School of Baton Rouge. Mayor Sharon Weston Broome will be with us to cut the ribbon. GEO Next Generation High School is a very different high school in […]

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