GARY — Rodney Williams and Ricky Haskins were talking about the starting lineup for their 21st Century boys basketball team right before sectionals began a couple weeks ago. The subject of freshman guard Johnell Davis — a fresh-faced 15-year-old — came up. Haskins, an assistant coach, brought up the idea of not starting the lad […]
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American high schools don’t seem to be working in the real world. As a dad, I’m part of the problem. I remember what it was like when I went to high school, and now that I have kids in high school, I’m looking for something that resembles what I experienced. Im guessing Im not alone. […]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations Early College High School Initiative has supported the creation or redesign of nearly 300 schools that serve more than 80,000 students in 31 states and the District of Columbia since 2002. Even more schools and districts have taken on this early college high school design challenge outside the auspices […]
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 nations 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 […]