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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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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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When Katherine Bethley’s daughter was in first grade at a traditional public school, she sensed something was amiss. She struggled with assignments and seemed to lag behind other students academically. Bethley suspected her daughter may have dyslexia and tried to have her screened for the condition, but between bureaucratic red tape and the disarray caused by the Covid pandemic, it was a challenge to arrange such testing.

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About seven in ten (72 percent) high school teachers say that students being distracted by cellphones is a major problem in their classroom. Parents feel less strongly, as the majority (56 percent) say that students should sometimes be allowed to use their cellphones in school.

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Today, Mike Bloomberg announced an extraordinary $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins University to help med students earn their degree tuition free.

I'm not Mike, but I do care about our kids just as much. So, if I want to provide tuition free college education to kids, how can I do that?

GARY — Sixty years after the Jackson 5 was formed there is a new Fab Five in Gary.

Five students at 21st Century Charter School in Gary are now in their final year of their bachelor's degree — while still in high school.

The students, Tierra Cunningham, Zion Hughes, Amaiyah Martin, Sahara Jackson and Jalayah Hadley, already have their associate degrees while under the age of 18.

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For charter schools across the country, leaders often face complex decisions about whether to offer athletics and which sports are feasible. Ingram said Geo Next Generation offers basketball, volleyball, cross country and track. Plans are underway to add bowling and e-sports in the coming years, and administrators are exploring adding a soccer team as well.

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