Global_Educational_Excellence
Global Educational Excellence (GEE) is a charter school management company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mohamad Issa and Dr. Said Issa founded the company in 1998. As of 2015 it operates 11 schools in Michigan and Ohio in the United States and in the country of Jordan.[1]
The company is for profit. As of 2005 its yearly revenue was $500,000.[2]
In the fall of 2021, Eastern Michigan University announced that it would not renew the charter of Ann Arbor Learning Community (AALC), which was scheduled to expire in the summer of 2022, citing a steep drop in enrollment and other concerns. AALC contended that it should not be penalized for the enrollment drop, alleging that GEE, as its management company, had falsely inflated AALC's enrollment figures to increase GEE's revenues. AALC terminated GEE's management contract, and GEE sued AALC for unpaid fees in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court.[3][4][5]