About us
The Global Peace Leadership Foundation operates an international online school focused on providing a unique, innovative high level student-focused k-12 education where we educate students by helping them ignite their Passion for Learning and a Desire to Know through the Global Excellence Framework of Global Peace and Leadership.
Mission Vision and Values
Mission- We revolutionize the global collective consciousness through education by providing academic acceleration for all students while teaching and promoting global peace, leadership, love, empowerment, human integrity and action.
Vision- To give all students an academic edge while building critical thinking and strong leadership skills to prepare and motivate them to transform society for themselves and others into a more peaceful world in which they can achieve their life goals. We are committed to developing these skills in our students so that they become highly effective national and global citizens.
Values- We value Love, Truth, Justice, Balance, Order, Compassion, Harmony and Reciprocity
Meet the Founders of Global Peace Leadership Academy
Zetha Nobles
Zetha Nobles, In addition to having extensive experience as an educator in Louisiana, Maryland, California, Ghana, and Nigeria; a PYP Principal in California, and Principal and Assistant Superintendent in Kuwait. Zetha has the unique experience of developing and creating educational institutions as the Founding Director of a large school in Dubai. She is a trained PYP Principal in the International Baccalaureate and has successfully chaired NEASC accreditation for two international schools. With almost 30 years of experience in teaching, school administration, and loving children, Zetha brings to the GPLA administrative team, experience, and educational acumen, school management, school improvement, and coaching. Zetha has planned and delivered highly regarded conferences and events and also has taken large and small groups on tour to Egypt, Ghana, Dubai, Nigeria and Jamaica. She has lived in the US, Kuwait, UAE, Jamaica, Nigeria and Ghana. Zetha is a proud graduate of Xavier University in New Orleans, Howard University in Washington DC and UC Berkeley in Northern California. Zetha Nobles' business savvy is only matched by her amazing love for children and world travel. Her favorite quote is from the great Dr. Asa Hilliard who she affectionately always calls Uncle Asa. “ I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like HUmanbeings and the second thing you do is love them.”
Dr. Harrison Jones, IV
Dr. Jones has always been drawn to the power of success and making a difference as he travels along his life path. With compassion in his heart and positive change as a goal, he began his career serving as a high school math teacher and later advanced to be a principal with proven results .He helped initiate the Early College High School from the ground up and his achievements include graduating 100% of his seniors with a 100% percent college acceptance rate. Dr. Jones’ hunger to make an impact in the world of education continued to propel him forward to achieve even more excellence. He went on to complete his Doctorate degree in Education Leadership from Lamar University. He is dedicated to eradicating the School to Prison Pipeline. As a result, he is currently a professor at Grambling State University College of Education, leading the Black Male Teacher initiative. Dr. Jones has specialized experience in turnaround schools, inspiring at-risk students, restorative practices, and positive behavior interventions and supports. His primary mission is to build teams that work together to transform organizations. He believes Nelson Mandela was right on the money when he said, “Education is the Most Powerful Weapon which you can use to change the world.
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Excellence at Global Peace Leadership Academy
No matter where in the world you are, your child can experience a high-quality, private, American curriculum (with courses taught in English) from Global Peace Leadership Academy. Serving grades 6-12, (K-5 in 2025) our virtual online and metaverse private school program motivates your child, sets them up for academic success, and prepares them for their future.
Global Peace Leadership Academy operates internationally in an online capacity that is accessible to students all over the world. Students will receive online course acceleration and be able to reach their dreams and interests in a well-rounded student centered, supported environment that sets the stage for human value and worth and unrestrained success in the world. GPLA is committed to building strong relationships to develop learners and leaders who think critically, embrace diversity, value innovation and technology, and strive for excellence both academically and personally.
“I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them”. Dr. Asa Hilliard
Legacy of Love
We are unashamed and unapologetic that Global Peace Leadership Academy is a Legacy of Love. The special essence and integrity of our work is Love. Our ancestors knew that Love was the energy that activated our self-healing potential and possibility. It is a love that is Divinely genetic. It is the parent’s love that sacrifices everything, including their own lives to make a better way for their child(ren). It is the love in the enslaved that allowed them to dare to learn to read. It is the love that allows one to see excellence when one can only see the blockage. It is the Love in Grandma’s hands that reaches out and touches you while saying, “Baby you can do this or don’t let nobody tell you, you can’t.” Love is that which is the best of our being.
It is the love of our children that allowed Asa Hilliard to note that, “I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them.” It is love that allowed Joyce King to assert that education for liberation requires rewriting knowledge. It is love that shaped Jake Carruthers’ belief that a reawakened education would be a major factor in rescuing the world. Love is the medicine that Ruth Love gave to school districts that had succumbed to failure and apathy. It is loving that Wade Nobles,father of founder Zetha Nobles, stands in when he requires teachers to be in love with children if they are going to truly ignite their passion to learn and desire to know. It is Love that allowed Adelaide Sanford to become the image of excellence. She said, “I wear beads and bangles in my hair to represent the okra seeds and yam tubers our ancestors kept in theirs as they traveled here from home… We must pass on these things to the next generation.” Seeing their genetic genius, inspired by love, allows Vera Nobles, mother of founder Zetha Nobles, to assert that not only can every child learn, they can learn everything.
Dr. Lendy Jones , Dr. Harrison Jones, IV’s mother stated that “No one rises to low expectations.” It is love that allowed Harrison Jones ,III to serve 37 years serving in the military and preaching for the Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research. It is love that shaped Portia Talley’s desire to engage in education teaching French and law to represent educators across the State of Texas.
It was love that served as the key pillar of CACSEA’s Nsaka Sunsum Educational Pedagogy and Process for Educational Excellence. Asa G. Hilliard, Joyce King, Jake Carruthers, Ruth Love, Wade Nobles, Adelaide Sanford, Vera Nobles were all pillars of Love and the CACSEA experience of crafting educational excellence.
The Global Peace Leadership Academy stands on the shoulders of these academic scholar/intellectuals and others. As acts of love, they individually and collectively activated the potential of generations. They left a legacy which is our destiny to fulfill. Love is both destiny and legacy.
FAQ-Frequently asked questions
Gpl is the school for you if you want your child to experience something new and different. Not the same old boring system. Our students experience High quality, Student focused education which accelerates the learning and closes academic gaps. We prepare students to Lead for Global Peace. We prepare students for Conflict Resolution, Leadership and Social Emotional Well Being, and entrepenurialship.
Yes, our students graduate with a US diploma, and they also are prepared to be entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, confident leaders, focused on how to change the world. It’s their world and we prepare them to lead it.
What does a typical day look like for a GPL student?
GPL is aligned with Cognia and will seek Cognia Accreditation.