Free college? I’ve read about Tennessee and New Mexico and other states saying they are starting to offer free college—but it’s usually limited to community college. And yes, I hear presidential candidates promising it. I’d like to invite state and
October 2, 2019 Dear Friends: Yesterday was a fun day in Gary, Indiana as members of the Indiana Board of Education and the Governor’s office stopped by to visit with our students and to tour our new high school facility.
Oh boy! Here we grow again! Today, the Indiana State Charter Board approved by a 6-2 vote our latest charter school application. This application is the result of an invitation from Indiana Black Expo and Ivy Tech Community College to
Dear Friends: Why do we send our high school students to real college campuses to take real college courses as early as 9th grade? Because … We want to help students believe in themselves. We want our students to see
Just had to share this with you. I’m friends with Jeremiah Tate, a 2012 grad of ours. He posted this on Facebook yesterday with the picture above. “Going on four years at Intel and I still get mistaken as an
August 16, 2019 Dear Friends: In 2002, GEO earned the right to open one of the first charter schools in Indiana. Indianapolis’s then-Mayor Bart Peterson, and then Charter School Director David Harris, approved our first charter school (and our second).
Yesterday was the first day of our newest school and it appears Baton Rouge was ready for us. We made the front page of the Baton Rouge Advocate. Pretty nice article! Check it out by clicking here. The article shares
Dear Friends: Louisiana released state test score results in July and we’ve finally digested the data. I’m proud to share that both GEO Academies performed well in Baton Rouge, too. GEO Prep Academy came in third best among charters in
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
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