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Dear Friends: Last December, I introduced you to Erin (above), a junior in our high school at the time who is also a junior at Purdue University NW. She is studying biotechnology and will earn a full bachelor’s degree in 2021 BEFORE graduating from our high school. At least that is the plan. And that […]

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Dear Friends: The Covid-19 virus has led many high schools across the country to delay or virtualize their graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2020 but at GEO, we took our graduation to the Drive In. Yes, the Drive In. What better way to celebrate a family event than in a family-friendly location and “social-distance” […]

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When SATs were canceled last month and seniors in inner cities across the nation were worried that they might not have enough credits to graduate because of the coronavirus, Arianna Mayes and her classmates at GEO Foundation’s 21st Century School in Gary, Indiana, were not concerned in the least.  Why? Because most of our high […]

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Well, according to LinkedIN, I’ve been working at GEO for 21 years now. Hard to believe. Lots of dreams, aspirations, and ideas long ago sitting in my living room with no money and no board, have actually come true over the years. Lots of families in various states enjoy school choice—GEO was originally set up […]

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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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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 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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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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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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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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