Empowering students for the future

Completing high school.& Going to college.& Completing college.& College debt.& All are very big challenges for many students across the country. Students in Indianapolis are no exception. Many students don’t even make it through the first step — finishing high school. Others do and they go to college, but then don’t complete college. And yes, some make it through college, but then are faced with a lot of debt.& Is this a good system? Can we do better? I think so. GEO Academies address these challenges head on. We help our students finish high school on time. We have close to 100% graduation rates every year.& How? We go beyond the talk of next steps and actually help our students experience the next step — real college — while in our high schools. We enroll our students in real college courses on real college campuses while in our high school.& By doing so, they see they can compete at the next level — college — thus they then have a reason to complete high school.& And we cover all the costs, so there is no financial obstacle and no debt to repay. Our approach has led to students earning associate...