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Innovation, Collaboration, College Success, Workforce Development Results That Matter, Exciting Week at GEO

May 16, 2022

Earlier this week, the Greater Education Opportunities Foundation (“GEO Foundation”) announced a historic partnership with the Vigo County School Corporation (“VCSC”) and four higher education institutions that will result in more high school students earning free dual college credit. Here is the Tribune-Star article (https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/vigo-schools-land-1-2-million-grant/article_de61b731-9221-5faf-b354-051418c98463.html). Students in Terre Haute will have the opportunity to attend […]

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Posted in GEO in the News, Latest News, Uncategorized


Reflections 21 Years After Forbes Article – More Than 1000 Graduates

Mar 05, 2022

Hard to believe it was 21 years ago this weekend that Forbes Magazine surprised me with a full-page article on the work we were doing at GEO Foundation in support of school choice. Those were fun times…and productive. I had more hair, too. It was also 21 years ago that we stopped talking about school […]

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GEO Demonstrates Students in Gary, Baton Rouge and Indianapolis Are Ready For Bigger Challenges Than High School, Replicating Schools With Quality

Oct 25, 2021

Have you ever left home for a while and returned to notice perhaps a plant has a new bloom or a tree got bigger? Well, with Covid, it has been hard to get to all GEO schools over the past year but this past month, I was able to visit all of our schools. And […]

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


GEO’s “Road to College” Efforts Featured in National and Local Media

Aug 16, 2021

Summer is over! Argh! Well, we really never take a break anyway so it isn’t that big of a deal. Our seven school network staff in Gary, Indianapolis and Baton Rouge continued serving 3200 students throughout the summer to help students catch up and accelerate their learning. Our schools in Indiana opened August 2nd and […]

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




Hard Work, Great Results Inspire A Nation

Jul 13, 2021

Those of us who have been fighting for school choice for more than 30 years know all too well the stories of families with children stuck in dead-end schools. Just yesterday, I saw a headline about a school district in California that is called a “pipeline to prison.” I’ve heard this so many times over […]

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


Chalkbeat Features GEO Student’s College Success Story

Jun 23, 2021

Am I stoked? You bet I am! Imagine my face when I woke up to read an essay from one of our 2021 21st Century Charter School at Gary graduates featured in Chalkbeat, one of the nation’s leading online education journals. Brianna Moore is a very special young lady. She enrolled with us as a […]

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GEO Launches First-of-Its Kind, Private, Statewide Virtual/On Campus K12-to-College School

Jun 04, 2021

When we started the Greater Educational Opportunities (GEO) Foundation back in 1998, we did so because we don’t believe one size fits all. Families and their students need options. And, when we started GEO, we did so with the expressed intentions of serving those who need serving most–low-income and minority students. That’s why GEO advocated […]

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GEO Receives $8.35 Million to Accelerate College and Career Readiness

Jun 01, 2021

Since 2001, we have focused on breaking down the barriers to college and successful careers for low-income and minority youth. We have worked with schools and families to convince students they are college capable and we’ve created a unique model to do so. We’ve developed our programs over the years to go beyond the “landscape […]

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GEO’s Baton Rouge Schools Featured and GEO’s Gary Students Choose Their Colleges

May 28, 2021

Xavier, Howard University, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana University, University of Kentucky, Southern Methodist University, and IUPUI. These are just a few of the schools our students in Gary are headed to this August and September for college. Tonight, they graduate from 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana. Many, 15 to be exact, already graduated […]

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They Did It Again!

May 25, 2021

This is one of my favorite times of the year as we get to celebrate high school graduations. But for us, we usually celebrate two graduations–one at our high school and one with our college partners–and not necessarily in that order.   This Saturday, May 15, fifteen GEO 21st Century Charter School at Gary High […]

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