Janell Lewis went from ‘Teaching Teddy Bears’ to ‘Teaching Teachers’ by Latricia C. Wilson | Originally published on November 27th, 2016 in the Chicago Rises blog While dozens of teachers have abandoned their mission to educate youth in Gary, Indiana, one South Side Chicago native is challenging students and teachers to be great in a […]
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In Gary, Indiana, only eleven percent of adults age 25 and over have a bachelors or associates degree. The towns unemployment rate, 6.1%, is the lowest it has been since 2008 yet is still significantly higher than the national average of five percent. In Gary and similar towns across America, the weight of poverty and […]
In 2005, we were invited to Gary, Indiana by hometown leaders to start a public charter school. Residents wanted to do something to help improve the educational outcomes in the city. They witnessed annual high school graduation rates hovering around 50%, and college Associate and Bachelor degrees were and still are almost non-existent (only 5% […]
BLOOMINGTON Allen Iverson was known as The Answer during his NBA career. Eugene German sharessome Iversonlikequalities with his ability to shake defenders and score around the rim. Tremell Murphy has a different nickname ready for German, his IndyStar Indiana AllStarsteammate. Hes like a walking question mark, Murphy said. You dont know what hes going to […]
Cassandra Govert, Times Correspondent Gary’s 21st Century High School graduates listen as Salutatorian Diamond Brown delivers her speechduring Monday night’s commencement ceremony. Valedictorian Johntrell Bowles looks on during classmate Diamond Brown’s salutatorian address Mondaynight during Gary’s 21st Century High School graduation. Senior Class President Kymuntae Nora finishes his welcome address Monday night at Gary’s 21stCentury […]
21st Century Charter School recently hosted “Learning At Home,” an elementary school event for families to share tips on educational activities we can do at home to prevent the “summer slide,” when students forget some of what they learned at school the previous year. We shared tips on how to use objects or toys we […]
IndyStar Indiana All-Star games director Charlie Hall had a pretty good idea of how the All-Star roster would shake out before Sundays Top 60 Senior Workout at Marian University. If Hall had any doubt about Eugene German, a 6-foot guard from Gary 21st Century, he was convinced otherwise after the workout. I dont want to […]
BOURBON Top of the key? Yes. From the left wing? No doubt. It didn’t matter whether 21st Century’s Eugene German launched a long-distance shot, or even if he drove to the basket. The 5-foot-11 senior guard was going to find a way to score. German had 40 points and five assists Saturday as 21st Century […]
MORGAN TWP. 21st Century was not able to control the tempo in Saturdays Sectional 49 title game against host Morgan Township, but that did not stop the Cougars from claiming their second sectional title in school history. The Class A No. 7 Cougars were unable to push the pace and make it an up-tempo game, […]
GARY The gravity weighed heavily on the shoulders of Tyree Booker a few years ago. It was 24/7. The crime and shootings in his old neighborhood in Harvey across the state line had hope running into the sunset. It affected him in the classroom. It kept his feet on the floor on the basketball court, […]