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GEO Foundation to Buy Former Ivy Tech College Campus in Gary, IN

Feb 11, 2019

February 7, 2019 Dear Friends: Well, it was bound to happen, wasn’t it? In the past few weeks, I’ve shared that our students achieve more college credits and gain more confidence in their abilities to do college level work when they are actually “in the room where it happens” on a college campus taking those […]

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21st Century Charter School Students On Track To Break School College and Career Records

Jan 31, 2019

January 31, 2019 Dear Friends: On this cold January day when the temperature outside is currently -3 degrees (no, that is not a typo) in Gary, Indiana (-20 degrees with windchill), things are heating up inside. I’ve just received a report showing that our 2019 graduates are on track to earn nearly 20 college credits […]

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21st Century Charter School Students in “The Room Where it Happens”

Jan 10, 2019

January 10, 2019 Dear Friends: I wanted to share this link with you from Fordham Institute, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected education reform organizations. They’ve been tracking our progress in Gary, Indiana and asked me to share our experience with their audience of more than 50,000 readers. Pretty neat opportunity to spread […]

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A Wonderful Life

Jan 07, 2019

Jimmy Stewart’s “Wonderful Life” movie is a popular movie to watch at this time of year. I always think of that movie when I hear from my alums over the holidays, too. What if GEO didn’t exist? This morning, I heard from one of my Gary alums who endured 6 different homeless shelters and several […]

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21st Century Charter School’s 2018 Results Represent a Higher Standard for Today

Jan 07, 2019

January 3, 2019 Dear Friends: The state released official/audited graduation rates for 2018 yesterday and our graduation rate of 93.94% beat Indiana’s statewide graduation rate of 88% by almost six points. And yes, our graduation rate is the best in Gary, Indiana. The state also reported 79.42% of all Black students in Indiana graduated on […]

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Bruce Springsteen and 21st Century Charter

Jan 07, 2019

What do our students at 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana have in common with Bruce Springsteen? They were both on the front page of the Gary Post Tribune this week. My friend Jerry Davich writes an excellent column about Springsteen’s Broadway show. And Post Tribune reporter Meredith Colias-Pete wrote a wonderful report about […]

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GEO’s 21st Century Charter School Students Featured In Front Page Gary Post Tribune Story

Jan 07, 2019

Erin Lewis, 15, Shania McDonald, 14, KyLeah Martin, 14, Lillian Santana, 14, and Abram Lewis, 12, want to earn a college degree while still in high school at 21st Century Charter School in Gary. (Meredith Colias-Pete / Post-Tribune)   A new ambitious group of freshmen and sophomores at 21st Century Charter School in Gary is […]

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Onward!

Dec 19, 2018

When I read what my friend Purdue President Mitch Daniels is doing at the high ed level, I get fired up to do similar things at the K12 level. For years, we (the country) have been complacent and willing to accept students spending 13 years in school (K-12) and ending up with a high school […]

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21C Closes Achievement Gap

Dec 10, 2018

Friends, Which school has the best College and Career Readiness rating in Gary, Indiana? Yep. GEO’s 21C! Check these stats (the higher the number, the better). 21C—80.5 Roosevelt—65.2 Thea Bowman—57 Gary Westside—39.5 Steel City—31.7 Gary Lighthouse—29.5 Wow! And just to put a bigger smile on your face, Carmel, one of the richest districts in the […]

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21C students persist in college at nearly 3Xs state average

Dec 06, 2018

Great to see 65% of @21stCharterGary Class of 2015 students persist to a second year in college compared to 23% of similar IN students statewide. We still have lots of work to do but we are on the right path.

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