The Leona Group (TLG) is a private company operating charter schools in the states of Arizona, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
In 2001, the Leona Group broadened its reach to serve students in Ohio, beginning with Eagle Academy, which opened in Toledo.
In 2012, The Leona Group was selected to take over operation of the Highland Park, Michigan School District after it was ordered chartered by an emergency manager.
[2] In 2013, Michigan education advocates criticized the Leona Group's operation of the Cesar Chavez Academy, finding that test scores in 2012 were lower than those of the public schools in Detroit.
[4] Financial problems and sliding test scores prompted the closure of another Leona charter school in Detroit, Allen Academy, at the end of the 2015–16 school year, when the authorizing agent opted to terminate its relationship a year after broadening its relationship to incorporate other management companies.