It is hard to believe that it has been almost 25 years since GEO was launched in my living room. No board. No staff. No money. Just a big idea to stop talking about school choice and to start serving
GEO’s “college immersion” approach took a giant step forward this week in Baton Rouge during a press conference with Chancellor Dr. Willie Smith announcing GEO Next Generation High School of Baton Rouge has moved in and onto the campus of
Previous Next The school year is off to a great start in Baton Rouge, Indianapolis and Gary. What started with one high school student earning a full bachelor’s degree while in our high school is now blossoming to many more.
As I shared in June, Indiana Black Expo, one of Indiana’s most important organizations supporting programs and creating opportunities for social and economic advancement for African Americans, chose to honor GEO Academies this year during their annual corporate lunch. The
Indiana Black Expo is one of Indiana’s most important organizations supporting programs and creating opportunities for social and economic advancement for African Americans. IBE holds several major events including their Summer Celebration, their Indiana University Education Summit and their Corporate
This past weekend, 26 Gary, Indiana kids (pictured above) aged 13-18 were seen hanging out together in a crowd at the USSteelYard. What were they doing? They were collecting 32 college degrees and career certifications. They collected two maintenance and
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. True. But in this case, the above picture doesn’t tell the whole story. And what a story these students tell. I took the photo when I was in Gary recently. I
The picture above is one of pure joy. These are our students celebrating their Regional Championship this past weekend. If you’re from Indiana, you know March is a very crazy month. The newspapers have filed several reports on the success
Hard to believe it was 21 years ago this weekend that Forbes Magazine surprised me with a full-page article on the work we were doing at GEO Foundation in support of school choice. Those were fun times…and productive. I had
In 1981, Eugene Lang promised 61 6th graders he would pay their college tuition. All they had to do was complete high school and get accepted to college. The “I Have a Dream” Foundation website reports 60% of these 6th