On April 28 Pikes Peak Prep (PPP) received the first 50 Dell Netbooks with Sprint Aircards and protective software installed on each computer. WBS LLC’s (One Aircard One Dream program) assisted PPP to find a workable learning solution. This end to end managed solution combined funding from E-Rate with private funding to provide it’s students […]
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Bob Logan, President of Wireless Business Solutions, LLC., a national Minority Sprint BSP Partner will explain their program “One Aircard, One Child, One Dream Program” (O3P) and the role it is playing in helping bridge the Digital Divide for Urban Schools in (11) States. He will also present Pikes Peak Prep, and the Greater Educational […]
Nine Indiana schools and school corporations were recognized by Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett in his Statehouse office this morning. Using new data from the Indiana Growth Model, these schools and corporations were selected for this honor because a large percentage of their students achieved high academic growth in both Mathematics and English/Language […]
21st Century Charter School @ Gary Among Schools Honored for Students’ High Academic Growth
Nov 09, 2010
Nine Indiana schools and school corporations were recognized by Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett in his Statehouse office this morning. Using new data from the Indiana Growth Model, these schools and corporations were selected for this honor because a large percentage of their students achieved high academic growth in both Mathematics and English/Language […]
Nine Indiana schools and school corporations were recognized by Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett in his Statehouse office this morning. Using new data from the Indiana Growth Model, these schools and corporations were selected for this honor because a large percentage of their students achieved high academic growth in both Mathematics and English/Language […]
Capturing momentum from the new high-profile education reform documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” Indianapolis-based charter school incubator, GEO Foundation, is using a $100,000 grant to fund a “Superman” fellowship to launch charter schools in Indianapolis. The movie, “Waiting for Superman” details families in need of better education options for their children and shows them waiting to […]
Back in 1991, I was sitting in a CEO’s office in Los Angeles when a young lady named Wendy Kopp was making a pitch for something called Teach for America. Her idea was to engage some of the nation’s best and brightest college students upon their graduation from undergrad into giving back to society by […]
On September 30th, 2010, 21st Century Charter School at Gary welcomed twelve colleges and the National Guard and United States Army into our school for a 6th-12th grades college fair. The following twelve colleges provided our students with valuable information regarding their programs and opportunities: Ivy Tech Community College Purdue University Lafayette Purdue University Calumet […]
Gary Mayor Rudy Clay visited 21st Century Charter School to speak to the student body on Monday, August 30th. With more than 370 students in the gym, from kindergarten to twelfth grade, the Mayor emphasized the importance of literacy, encouraged students to graduate and become successful, and ended with a question-and-answer session. During the course […]
Every year, InfoWorld honors senior IT executives who have demonstrated leadership within their companies and in the IT community. GEO Foundation’s Brian Beck has been selected as one of the CTO 25 Award winners for 2010 for his work to virtualize desktops in an effort to give more of the students at GEO’s four schools […]