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| KIPP’s mission is to create a respected, influential, national network of public schools that are successful in helping students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond. |
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On February 27th, 2009, D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Mayor Adrian Fenty were in attendance as KIPP announced plans to expand in D.C.and nationally. With ten schools planned to open in the next three years, KIPP DC is poised to double the number of college graduates in D.C. wards 7 and 8. View Slideshow >> |
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Washington Post reporter and recent author of Work Hard, Be Nice, Jay Mathews is touring cities from Philadelphia to San Diego to discuss his book on how two Houston teachers got KIPP started and kept it going. Read press coverage >> |
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 KIPP LA Prep celebrated their recent move into a new space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb 27th. Once a tortilla factory, the new KIPP facility is ready after months of prep, made possible by the support of the Broad Foundation. View photo >> |
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KIPP students brave the DC weather
(Photo by Christopher Powers, Education) |
A KIPP school goes to Washington
The Washington D.C. weather forecast for Tuesday, January 20th called for a high of just 29 and as much as ten degrees colder when the wind was blowing. Gathered just outside the mall, the group of 12 middle schoolers and three teachers from KIPP Academy of Opportunity (KAO) in Los Angeles waited hours in this numbing cold to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama.
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KIPP Memphis alumna Varnesha Penix |
A future in medicine for Memphis KIPPster
Midway through her junior year at East High School, Varnesha Penix has a full plate of challenging coursework at this “optional school” in Memphis, TN—along with a roster of extracurricular activities that leaves little time for leisure. When she’s not tackling several hours of homework, this KIPP DIAMOND alumna can be found rehearsing with one of the two choirs to which she belongs, dancing with her church’s praise team, or rousing the crowd as a member of the pom-pom squad at school.
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Cheshonna Miles, KIPP Philadelphia
(Photo courtesy of KIPP Philadelphia Charter School) |
Philly’s brightest: meet first-year
teacher Cheshonna Miles
Cheshonna Miles is a sixth grade math teacher at KIPP Philadelphia Charter School. In February she took the time to speak with the Foundation about her love of teaching, dancing, and everything in between.
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Principal Korbin Johnson with his students
(Photo by Jonathan Bertsch) |
KIPP New Orleans schools thriving
“I think Harvard is best,” said one fifth grader at KIPP Central City Academy in New Orleans as he walked down the stairwell. “No, Emory is better,” his friend replied. “That’s where Mr. Purvis went.”
The two friends discussed the question for a few minutes until one of them ended the debate by saying, “It doesn’t matter—they’re both great. And we’re going to get there, as long as we work hard.”
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