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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.

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Washington Informer Feature: How Phalen Leadership Academies Closed Achievement Gaps Through Effective Teaching

Six years ago, Earl Martin Phalen founded what has quickly become the largest African American-run charter school network in the country.

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Phalen Leadership Academies Highlighted for Blazing New Trails in "Reinventing America's Schools"

After six months, Phalen told me, “We’ve got the culture straightened out; now we need to get the academic piece fixed.” By the time state testing rolled around, the percentage who passed IREAD—a third-grade test that has not changed in recent years—had doubled, from 30 to 61%.

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Indy Scholars Excel in Self-Empowerment Theatre

PLA's Indy drama education program, also known as Self-Empowerment Theatre, is an award-winning program helping to make a difference in PLA schools.

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Watch: Earl Martin Phalen on the Importance of Love in Helping Scholars Achieve Their Full Potential

Interview with Founder & CEO, George and Veronica Phalen Leadership Academies

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Most A-Rated IPS Schools including PLA Are Independent Of District Policies

School 103’s new manager is Phalen Leadership Academies. Now renamed as PLA @ 103, the school is one of only nine IPS schools to earn an A in the state’s 2017 A-F accountability report.

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College and Career Readiness Central Theme at PLA

College and Career Readiness Driven by Great Learners and Personalized Learning

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PLA CEO Featured for Fulfilling MLK's Dream

NBC Boston Features PLA CEO Earl Martin Phalen as someone who has worked to fulfill the dream of MLK.

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Innovation Leads to Dramatic Turnaround at School #103

“The most amazing thing about the transformation we have seen is that this is the same school, and these are the same children and families who are now making academic gains and creating a very positive school culture,” said Agnes Aleobua, Principal at PLA@103. “However, none of these successes would have been possible without innovation.”

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Finding Hope, Clarity in an Eastside School: Indianapolis Star Highlights Transformation at PLA@103

The state’s education debate has been dominated by distractions, focused on politics and not children. So a visit to an east-side school is a welcome reminder of what our debates should be about.

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While the U.S. Public Education System Struggles to Fix ‘Drop Out Factories,’ a Small Group of Teachers Have Found the Answer

In one city, a team of experienced educators will no longer tolerate failing schools and has developed a remarkably successful solution. Project RESTORE (Reshaping an Entire School by Taking Ownership of a Rigorous Education), created by a group of veteran teachers and school leaders from Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), is a school-reform model that results in fast school turnaround and impressive improvements in student achievement.

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IPS Approves School #93 to Become Innovation Network School and Join the PLA Network

Indianapolis Public Schools approves newcomer school, two innovation schools

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PLA Innovation Schools Achieve Some of the Largest ISTEP Gains in Indianapolis

Phalen grows network to 10 campuses by taking over charter schools across Indiana and Detroit

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WFYI Highlights “A”-Rated PLA@103, PLA@93, and Other Innovation Schools

Most A-Rated IPS Schools Are Independent Of District Policies

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CBS Highlights How STEM Learning Comes to Life for PLA Scholars Through STEMNASIUM LEARNING Academy

STEMNASIUM Program Grows at Indianapolis Elementary School

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IndyStar Highlights PLA’s Journey and Vision for the Far Eastside of Indianapolis

An education dream comes true in Indy

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PLA schools saw some of the largest gains on ISTEP in Indianapolis Public Schools.

PLA continues to build its reputation as a turnaround operator. Thus far, the organization has turned 5 F-rated Indianapolis Schools into A-rated schools.

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Watch: Principal Agnes Aleobua Discusses PLA@103’s Transformation into “A” Rated School

PS Innovation Schools get accountability grade boost from ISTEP growth

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NCAA Recognizes Earl Martin Phalen

National education reformer Earl Martin Phalen, has been awarded the Silver Anniversary Award from the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Junior League of Indianapolis Names Phalen Leadership Academies Top Nonprofit in Indianapolis

A leading Indianapolis-based civic group has named the George and Veronica
Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA), a network of high-performing charter schools that will serve over 10,000 children annually in Indiana, as the top nonprofit organization among five finalists in its grant award program dedicated to helping prepare students for academic success.

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