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Louisiana Governor Edwards Visits GEO Next Generation H.S.

Jul 21, 2019

Thank you Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for visiting our GEO Next Gen High School students taking college courses at Baton Rouge Community College today. These incoming 9th graders are trailblazers. They spent their summer taking real college courses. They are setting a new standard of excellence. They want more from high school and they […]

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National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Jul 02, 2019

I’m excited to share this picture of our school leaders. Our team met in Dallas last month for a deep dive into the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching and today they are in Baton Rouge for a 3-day leadership retreat to prepare for a great 2019-20 school year. I’m very excited about the progress […]

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GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana Posts 3rd Best College and Career Readiness Rating Among Charters in the State

Jun 24, 2019

GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana has been getting quite a bit of attention from nationally-respected think tanks in recent months for how we prepare our students for success in college and careers. The Center on Reinventing Public Education, one of the nation’s leading education research organizations, released a study this week focusing […]

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Center on Reinventing Public Education Features GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana

Jun 18, 2019

This is the second national study in recent months to feature GEO’s school! The Center on Reinventing Public Education, one of the nation’s leading education research organizations, released a new study today focusing on career and technical education schools across the country and featured GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana. Authors of the […]

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107 Gary Students Graduate, 28 Baton Rouge Students Start Down the College Path

Jun 07, 2019

May and June were very busy months celebrating various graduations–not just high school graduations, but college one’s, too. And we launched our new high school in Baton Rouge with 28 students (pictured above) starting college classes June 3. They will start 9th grade in August. Yes, you read that right. We started our students in […]

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American Enterprise Institute Says GEO’s 21st Century Charter School is a “Promising Strategy”

May 07, 2019

It’s an honor to share with you this report(click on “report” to go to the study) on our Gary school. The report was completed by researchers at the American Enterprise Institute, one of our nation’s most respected public policy think tanks. When we started our school in Gary, Indiana, it was on the heels of […]

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Proud of our Alums and Excited for the Future!

May 06, 2019

                          There is nothing like opening your mail and getting an invitation to a law school graduation from one of your alums. Wow! Above left is the cover picture of Jamal Abdulrasheed’s invitation. He is a 2012 graduate from one of GEO’s first […]

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27% of our students are in top 5% of State

Apr 29, 2019

A new report from the Indiana Higher Education Commission reports that only 5% of Indiana high school graduates in 2016 earned more than 30 college credits while in high school. This year, 27% of GEO’s 21st Century Charter School students in Gary, Indiana, will graduate high school having already earned 30 or more college credits. […]

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We Are Taxpayers’ Best Return on Investment

Apr 04, 2019

Dear Friends: A new study is out this week reporting charter schools offer a better return on investment compared to traditional public schools. I agree, and 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana is no exception. In May, 27% of our graduates will receive a one-year college career certification (nine students) and/or a two-year college […]

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8th Grader Ready for College

Mar 22, 2019

I just met Laila Sanders, an 8th grader at our Gary school. She was excited to tell me she passed all three parts of the Accuplacer, a College Board test, and will start taking real college classes on a college campus in August. She told me she used to attend a different school but didn’t […]

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