Phalen Leadership Academies
A Transformative Leader in School Turnaround
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Show Your Core! Thank You Mrs. Demott!
We love our educators for the amazing work they do in exercising the PLA Core Values to help our scholars SOAR. Thank you Mrs.DeMott for continuously showing DETERMINATION. #WeArePLA #OurTeachersRock #OurScholarsSOAR!
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PLA University: Marion County’s Newest Workforce Development Program to Bring New Hope and Opportunity for Phalen Leadership Academy Families
PLA University is a tuition-free training program created to provide Phalen Leadership Academies’ families with the access, skills, experience, and job placement support to realize their full earning potential.
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Phalen Leadership Academies Receives $150,000 from Glick Philanthropies
Phalen Leadership Academies received a $150,000 grant from Glick Philanthropies to support PLA University, a workforce development program that will support adult relatives of PLA scholars in obtaining credentials in high-demand careers and securing careers in those fields.
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SHOW YOUR CORE! THANK YOU MS. CHRIS!
We love our educators for the amazing work they do in exercising the PLA Core Values to help our scholars SOAR. Thank you Ms. Chris for always keeping CHILDREN FIRST!
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Determination: Ohio Schools Work to Connect, Engage and Lift Scholar Achievement
Five Ohio schools joined the PLA Network this school year, and despite challenges these schools have surmounted, more big things are on the horizon.
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Reimagine Summer: Supporting Scholars with Catching Up and Teachers with Earning More
Recognized by TIME Magazine and the White House initiative United We Serve, Summer Advantage has been praised for positively impacting student performance.
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The Learning Continues: PLA Schools and Scholars Across the Country Go Virtual
While this year looks very different from others, one thing remains the same-- PLA is working to bridge the gap and pulling all the stops to support scholar achievement.
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PLA Founder & CEO to Join Harvard University Alumni Panel Discussion: Examining Structural Racism
Join our Founder & CEO, Earl Martin Phalen and Harvard University alumni panelist on Friday, August 21 from 12pm-1:15pm, in a discussion titled "Examining Structural Racism: Healthcare, Education & Justice. Register today!
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PLA Founder & CEO to Join Minority Education & Social Entrepreneurship Panel
Our Founder & CEO Earl Martin Phalen will join the virtual InnoPower Beyond 2020 Minority Business Conference panel titled "The New Face of Social Entrepreneurship: Education CEOs" on August 29th from 2:20 pm – 3:00 pm.
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RTV6 Indy Features PLA Virtual on Good Morning Indiana
The new school year is approaching fast and many Indiana families still feel uneasy about sending their children back this August. Learn about how our new tuition-free online K-12 school, Phalen Virtual Leadership Academy, could be the solution in this special segment from RTV6 Indy.
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From Brick-and-Mortar to Virtual School: Embracing Prototyping to Scale
Schools across the country are faced with trying to quickly reinvent their learning. PLA has gotten a head start by converting our summer learning program from in-person to virtual for the first time this year. Learn more about how we implemented virtual summer learning and how we will scale it for the fall by clicking the headline above.
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Turning Around Turnaround: Reinventing from Culture, Competence and Love at PLA
PLA featured in Transcend Education's ongoing series on leading during coronavirus.
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Phalen Launches Tuition-Free Online K-12 School for Indiana Students
PLA Virtual will provide high-quality e-learning through dynamic virtual classrooms where educators will provide real-time, personalized instruction to scholars.
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Transcend Education Highlights the PLA Turnaround Model in Interview with PLA Founder & CEO
PLA Founder & CEO, Earl Martin Phalen, recently sat down with Transcend Education to discuss our unique, innovative turnaround model that has transformed low-performing schools across the country into high-performing schools.
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PLA Founder & CEO Calls for Government Action to Help Schools Implement Online Learning During Closures in CNN Feature
He [Phalen] told CNN that he has been scrambling to secure 6,500 devices for his students, many of whom do not own a laptop or tablet. "I believe that the government should be stepping up to support device access and connectivity for all students, but this is not happening," he said.
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Harvard Grad Builds Fastest-Growing Black-Owned School Turnaround Network
Earl Martin Phalen, who graduated from Harvard Law School back in 1993, has built a groundbreaking school turnaround network that focuses on serving children in underserved communities across the country. He is CEO and founder of George and Veronica Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA), a network of schools named after his parents. PLA works with over 20 schools and just about 10,000 children throughout the country to provide access to quality education and to help children fulfill their potential.
