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Kevin Teasley
College Scholarships For All, Plus Wrap Around Supports, Celebrated By Three Chancellors, Indiana Secretary of Education
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Brian Haldane
Kevin Teasley, CEO of Geo Academies, joins the show to share the organization’s core mission: getting students onto college campuses.
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Kevin Teasley
The Baton Rouge newspaper, The Advocate, featured the BRCC ribbon-cutting celebration on its front page on Labor Day.
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Kevin Teasley
More than 60% of our network's 2025 graduates earned more than a high school diploma during their careers in GEO's Indiana and Louisiana high schools--at no additional cost to them, nor the taxpayer.
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Kevin Teasley
This has been an exciting week. On Tuesday, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) voted unanimously to approve our application to help the state turnaround failing schools. State Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley reported to BESE members that GEO met all 110 standards in the state's rigorous application--100%.
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Ryan Smiley
21st Century Academy has been awarded a 2024 American Water Charitable Foundation Workforce Readiness Grant for $25,000.
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Red Stick Mom
GEO Next Generation High School is making strides in enhancing post-secondary opportunities for its students through an expanded dual enrollment and associate degree program, addressing Louisiana’s educational challenges head-on.
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Fordham Institute
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Othiniel Mahone, the principal at GEO Academies 21st Century School in Gary, Indiana, joins Mike and David to discuss effective strategies for implementing and enforcing an “away for the day” school cellphone policy.
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