GARY — U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos put Gary on the map in a big way Friday when she visited local charter schools, complimenting the students’ education and the ability of parents to make a choice in their children’s education. DeVos visited Gary Middle College and 21st Century Charter School as part of […]
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The past few weeks have been filled with terrific school pride events that often don’t get talked about in the media so I thought I would share these five pictures with you directly. In Baton Rouge, our January board meeting featured performances from our cheerleaders and dance team. Our Baton Rouge school serves grades K-4 […]
Our nation’s capital is full of countless tales of humble servants who began their terms on an improbable journey to impactful American leadership. The confirmation hearings of Betsy DeVos for U.S. education secretary and the emotional responses of participants and observers demonstrate that education is a cornerstone issue of American leadership. The constant mention of […]
Excellence in Governance Award Linda Johnson! Ms. Linda Johnson, Former State Board of Education Chair, is the GEO Prep Academy School Board President. GEO Prep Academy is a free, public, high quality Kindergarten through fourth grade charter school in East Baton Rouge. She is a native of Baton Rouge, and a Southern University graduate, with […]
Top 3 Reasons College is a Must and Not a Myth: Tuition Free Degrees Now By Kevin Teasley, CEO/President of the GEO Foundation Politicians talk about free college as it if it does not already exist, but it does. In Gary, Indiana, a public charter school offers free college to its students, and students are […]
“A Black Cop Confronts the Crisis of Police Shootings and Racial Conflict: ‘We All Bleed the Same.’” Black cop Robert McGarner has grown used to race entering the conversation as he works his beat in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. “You hear it all the time,” he says, just after a black teen he questions outside a […]
GEO Prep students lead Baton Rouge news in the Pledge of Allegiance!
by Charles Lussier (clussier@theadvocate.com) Four new charter schools are opening their doors this week in Baton Rouge, joining an increasingly crowded local education marketplace. They bring the total number of charter schools in East Baton Rouge Parish to 25, double the total just three years ago. Charter schools are public schools run by private organizations […]
Onwards to Washington DC
Jan 16, 2015
As the second academic quarter draws to a close this week at 21st Century Charter School @ Gary, high school students are busy studying and taking finals. Downstairs in the middle school wing, however, nineteen middle school students from 21cc and nine from another GEO school, Pikes Peak Prep, are preparing for an exciting event […]
K-14 Could become the norm
Jan 12, 2015
One local educator contends his charter school is working with community colleges to achieve the goal of making two years of tuition-free community college the norm for high school students, in line with President Obama’s proposal. Kevin Teasley, who is president/CEO of the Indianapolis-based GEO Foundation which operates 21st Century Charter School in Gary, said […]