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Rescue in Works for BR Charter Academy

Apr 13, 2017

Rescue in works for BR Charter AcademyBY CHARLES LUSSIER clussier@theadvocate.com An Indianapolis-based charter school group that runs an elementary school in Baton Rouge is coming to the rescue of a larger but lower-performing charter school in town that, unless something changes soon, will close in May.  The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education isscheduled […]

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21st Century’s Johnell Davis

Apr 07, 2017

GARY — Rodney Williams and Ricky Haskins were talking about the starting lineup for their 21st Century boys basketball team right before sectionals began a couple weeks ago.The subject of freshman guard Johnell Davis — a fresh-faced 15-year-old — came up. Haskins, an assistant coach, brought up the idea of not starting the lad and […]

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Dual Credit Derelict

Apr 07, 2017

American high schools don’t seem to be working in the real world. As a dad, I’m part of the problem. I remember what it was like when I went to high school, and now that I have kids in high school, I’m looking for something that resembles what I experienced. I’m guessing I’m not alone. […]

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Gary 21st Century ends Tri-County’s record season

Apr 07, 2017

BOURBON – No matter how hard second-ranked Tri-County fought to make a comeback stick after trailing by double-digits early Saturday morning, Gary 21st Century Charter always had an answer in a 69-57 loss in the Class A Triton Regional semifinals.  Tri-County (23-3) erased a 14-point first half deficit to take the lead on four different […]

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21st Century student earns B.A., high school diploma at same time

Mar 29, 2017

GARY — Raven Osborne has an amazing story to tell. The 18-year-old high school senior at 21st Century Charter School in Gary will earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in early childhood education from Purdue University Northwest on May 5, the same month she will earn a high school diploma from the […]

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Rodney Williams the Post-Tribune 2016-17 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year

Mar 27, 2017

Rodney Williams, the only boys basketball coach 21st Century has known, took the job in 2008 because it was time to get warm. Williams was a football coach by trade.  “It was cold outside,” he said. “I wanted to move inside.”  Williams, the Post-Tribune 2016-17 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year, isn’t going back to […]

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NWI-TIMES: 21st Century’s Williams, Haskins are Gary’s elder statesmen

Mar 17, 2017

Joy is something all Indiana boys basketball teams still playing today on Semistate Saturday have. It’s in the bus ride, the locker room and out on the court. There are 16 teams in the four classes who are 32 minutes away from advancing to next Saturday’s state championships at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. How could this […]

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Should High Schools focus on college experience over college prep?

Mar 09, 2017

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Early College High School Initiative has supported the creation or redesign of nearly 300 schools that serve more than 80,000 students in 31 states and the District of Columbia since 2002. Even more schools and districts have taken on this early college high school design challenge outside the auspices […]

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21st Century has a Lott more than Eugene German

Mar 08, 2017

GARY — Core’Von Lott was playing basketball inside the gym at 21st Century a couple of summers ago when his phone rang. It was his mother, who told him he had been accepted as a student into the Gary charter school.  Lott was working out at the time with Eugene German, the prolific scorer who […]

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PPP: Associate’s Degree Graduate May 2017

Feb 28, 2017

Meet Nathan Hook.  Nathan is a senior at Pikes Peak Prep, a 12-year-old charter school located in Colorado Springs. Nathan graduates from PPP this May having earned both his high school diploma AND 61 college credits–his two-year Associate Degree from Pikes Peak Community College–while attending PPP.  Nathan is proof positive that we can expect more […]

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