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GEO Students Soar Through College While in High School

Feb 21, 2020

1,2,3,4 how many years of college do you want to score? In high school? Students are empowered to fly as high as they want in our high schools. As such, Jordin earned 30 college credits (one year) and a career certification. Andrenia, Demondrick, and Khadijah earned an associate degree (2 years of college). All four […]

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Free College? Not Good Enough!

Oct 07, 2019

Free college? I’ve read about Tennessee and New Mexico and other states saying they are starting to offer free college—but it’s usually limited to community college. And yes, I hear presidential candidates promising it. I’d like to invite state and national leaders to come see us at https://geonextgenerationhighschool.org/ where we’ve been offering free college since […]

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Indiana State Board Reps Visit GEO’s 21st Century High School

Oct 02, 2019

October 2, 2019 Dear Friends: Yesterday was a fun day in Gary, Indiana as members of the Indiana Board of Education and the Governor’s office stopped by to visit with our students and to tour our new high school facility. Tony Walker, a state board member and representative of the Gary community, Katie Jenner, Governor […]

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Indiana Black Expo and Ivy Tech to Partner with GEO’s New School

Sep 03, 2019

Oh boy! Here we grow again! Today, the Indiana State Charter Board approved by a 6-2 vote our latest charter school application. This application is the result of an invitation from Indiana Black Expo and Ivy Tech Community College to start a new college immersion high school in Indianapolis modeled after our successful Gary school. […]

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At Indianapolis-based GEO Academies — It Gets Real

Aug 23, 2019

Dear Friends: Why do we send our high school students to real college campuses to take real college courses as early as 9th grade? Because … We want to help students believe in themselves. We want our students to see themselves as real college students in real life, not just in their dreams. We want […]

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A Belly Laugh For You and Real Life Story… Enjoy

Aug 22, 2019

Just had to share this with you. I’m friends with Jeremiah Tate, a 2012 grad of ours. He posted this on Facebook yesterday with the picture above. “Going on four years at Intel and I still get mistaken as an intern: – “Are you the intern?” – “No buddy, I’m in charge of this project. […]

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Indianapolis-based GEO Academies — Much More Than a PowerPoint Presentation

Aug 21, 2019

August 16, 2019 Dear Friends: In 2002, GEO earned the right to open one of the first charter schools in Indiana. Indianapolis’s then-Mayor Bart Peterson, and then Charter School Director David Harris, approved our first charter school (and our second). They approved our applications which detailed our aspirations of graduating students from high school on […]

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GEO Next Gen High School Makes Front Page News

Aug 13, 2019

Yesterday was the first day of our newest school and it appears Baton Rouge was ready for us. We made the front page of the Baton Rouge Advocate. Pretty nice article! Check it out by clicking here. The article shares our goals and our successes in Gary, too. A key reason we are so excited […]

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Both GEO Academies Score Among Top Charters in Baton Rouge Enrollment Will Top 1500 This Year

Aug 03, 2019

Dear Friends: Louisiana released state test score results in July and we’ve finally digested the data. I’m proud to share that both GEO Academies performed well in Baton Rouge, too. GEO Prep Academy came in third best among charters in performance and GEO Prep Mid City came in second best in growth among charters. One […]

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GEO is 21 Years Old . . . Hard to Believe

Jul 24, 2019

Well, according to LinkedIN, I’ve been working at GEO for 21 years now. Hard to believe. Lots of dreams, aspirations, and ideas long ago sitting in my living room with no money and no board, have actually come true over the years. Lots of families in various states enjoy school choice—GEO was originally set up […]

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