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![US News and World Report Ranks GEO Academies Among Tops in Their Cities/States]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761931416/geoacademiesorg/uyzpjzwf6baf1s2tmeli/GEOPrepUSNewsandWorldReport.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761931416/geoacademiesorg/uyzpjzwf6baf1s2tmeli/GEOPrepUSNewsandWorldReport.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761931416/geoacademiesorg/uyzpjzwf6baf1s2tmeli/GEOPrepUSNewsandWorldReport.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761931416/geoacademiesorg/uyzpjzwf6baf1s2tmeli/GEOPrepUSNewsandWorldReport.jpg","width":1188}])
Earlier this week, U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings of elementary schools across the country.
![Lifetime Achievement Award? I'm Just Getting Started!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761573585/geoacademiesorg/geoacademiesorg/gmgnzufmnuljhovq0so7/LifetimeAchievementAward-KevinTeasley.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761573585/geoacademiesorg/geoacademiesorg/gmgnzufmnuljhovq0so7/LifetimeAchievementAward-KevinTeasley.jpg","width":300}])
Kevin Teasley was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indianapolis Recorder, one of the nation's oldest African American newspapers.
![New $8.2 Million Grant To Increase GEO's Efforts Proving Students Can Do More Than Tradition Expects]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759255560/geoacademiesorg/tuojs6becz4by0raimfm/thumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759255560/geoacademiesorg/tuojs6becz4by0raimfm/thumbnail.jpg","width":463}])
New $8.2 Million Grant To Increase GEO's Efforts Proving Students Can Do More Than Tradition Expects
Last week, GEO Academies received approval of an $8.2 million grant to help grow six more schools and serve an additional 2,000 students.
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Kevin Teasley, CEO of Geo Academies, joins the show to share the organization’s core mission: getting students onto college campuses.
![Cut Ribbons Signal New Beginnings in Baton Rouge]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1757095111/geoacademiesorg/gzj850mdynbllnkkzmri/TheAdvocateThumbnail.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1757095111/geoacademiesorg/gzj850mdynbllnkkzmri/TheAdvocateThumbnail.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1757095111/geoacademiesorg/gzj850mdynbllnkkzmri/TheAdvocateThumbnail.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1757095111/geoacademiesorg/gzj850mdynbllnkkzmri/TheAdvocateThumbnail.png","width":1080}])
The Baton Rouge newspaper, The Advocate, featured the BRCC ribbon-cutting celebration on its front page on Labor Day.
![Ribbons Cut, Unique Partnerships Sealed, GEO, EBR and BRCC Getting Results]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1756486946/geoacademiesorg/rzds7shihgr0v5izmlz4/RibbonCuttingBR.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1756486946/geoacademiesorg/rzds7shihgr0v5izmlz4/RibbonCuttingBR.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1756486946/geoacademiesorg/rzds7shihgr0v5izmlz4/RibbonCuttingBR.png","width":600}])
It was a great week in Baton Rouge and Baker. On Wednesday, we cut the ribbon at GEO Prep Baker's new location on Bentley Drive. On Thursday, we cut another ribbon at GEO Next Generation High School's Baton Rouge Community College Acadian campus. Both ribbon cuttings signal strong partnerships.
![GEO Enrollment Surges]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1755018392/geoacademiesorg/ntm2tmx510u9ibglkibd/Kevinblogenrollmentsurges.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1755018392/geoacademiesorg/ntm2tmx510u9ibglkibd/Kevinblogenrollmentsurges.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1755018392/geoacademiesorg/ntm2tmx510u9ibglkibd/Kevinblogenrollmentsurges.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1755018392/geoacademiesorg/ntm2tmx510u9ibglkibd/Kevinblogenrollmentsurges.jpg","width":1200}])
Enrollment is up 16% for the GEO network of schools.
![Two Ribbon-Cutting Ceremonies Reveal GEO's Unique Model]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1756488249/geoacademiesorg/ssmpwvokyx0pwwg6fwqc/BRCCOrientation.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1756488249/geoacademiesorg/ssmpwvokyx0pwwg6fwqc/BRCCOrientation.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1756488249/geoacademiesorg/ssmpwvokyx0pwwg6fwqc/BRCCOrientation.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1756488249/geoacademiesorg/ssmpwvokyx0pwwg6fwqc/BRCCOrientation.jpg","width":1200}])
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![From Kindergartner to 3rd Grade Teacher, Brianna Moore is GEO's Model Defined, More GEO Alums are Teachers Now, Too]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753718148/geoacademiesorg/nsygpredp84y0nqc98i3/Briannaimprovedphoto1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753718148/geoacademiesorg/nsygpredp84y0nqc98i3/Briannaimprovedphoto1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753718148/geoacademiesorg/nsygpredp84y0nqc98i3/Briannaimprovedphoto1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753718148/geoacademiesorg/nsygpredp84y0nqc98i3/Briannaimprovedphoto1.jpg","width":1200}])
Back in 2008, a little girl in Gary, Indiana enrolled in our school--21st Century Academy. We opened this school just a few years earlier (2005) after receiving requests from city leaders to assist resolving their chronic high school drop out problem. Back then, the city experienced annual 50% high school drop out rates.
It's been a long time coming, but each GEO Academy has now exceeded their prepandemic performance scores. Yay!