Phalen Leadership Academies
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Phalen Leadership Academies Awarded Historic $25 Million Lilly Endowment Grant to Transform Educational, Health, and Economic Outcomes on Indianapolis’ Far Eastside. Click HERE to learn more!
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Phalen Leadership Academies Awarded Historic $25 Million Lilly Endowment Grant
to Transform Educational, Health, and Economic Outcomes on Indianapolis’ Far Eastside
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🌟 Alumni Spotlight: LaKyi Herring-Jackson, Class of 2025 🌟
PLA Proud: LaKyi’s Story of Growth & Leadership
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PLA Educators Shine at Building Dreams Champions Breakfast! 🌟 Honoring excellence, impact, and leadership across Indianapolis schools.
Celebrating Champions of Education! 🏆
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Earl Martin Phalen Champions Equity in Education
We are incredibly proud of our founder and CEO, Earl Martin Phalen, for using his voice in The Washington Post to champion equity, access, and opportunity in higher education.
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RTR Campaign: Fuel Minds. Fund Futures
Help us raise $1M to sustain the Reading Advantage Program. You can Fuel Minds. Fund Futures!
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Happy Birthday, Earl Martin Phalen!
To Our Inspiring CEO & Founder, PLA wishes you the happiest of birthdays!
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Empowering Futures: SkilledUS Expands Free Workforce Training to Equip Thousands for High-Demand Careers
Read the most recent news from Skilled US!
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Gratitude in Action: Thank You JRP Staff and Marlin Jackson for a Remarkable Event!
JRP's Be A Blessing Giveaway Recap: A Night of Success and Community Love!
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Earl Martin Phalen, as seen on Good Morning America!
Founder and CEO of PLA Earl Martin Phalen was featured on Good Morning America!
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CEO and Founder, Earl Martin Phalen, Featured on Forbes!
Our CEO, Earl Martin Phalen, has been featured on Forbes for an important discussion on student loan forgiveness and its impact on students of color as well as the current state of colleges and universities across America. Watch the full interview now!
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Check It Out! PLA@93 Partners with Fight for Life Foundation: Building Dreams Together
Empowering Scholars: PLA@93 Joins Fight for Life's Building Dreams Program 🏈
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Join us Virtually For CEO and Founder, Mr. Earl Martin Phalen's, Book Launch!
We warmly invite you to join us virtually for the launch of Mr. Earl Martin Phalen's debut book on August 16th at 4PM! You can access the Zoom at https://phalen.info/BookLaunch!
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A Tribute to Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
One of the greatest men I have ever met passed away. Read more to get a small sense of this great man and the work that he has called us to do.
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Take a Sneak Peek: Sean Cowdrey Health & Wellness Complex at James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy
Sean Cowdrey Health Center at JRPLA: Empowering minds, igniting potential and preparing scholars for a world of possibilities.
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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.
