KIPP in the News
The Post-Tribune (Gary, IN)
"Gary charter school plans to expand with help from grant"
By Lisa Deneal, February 19, 2010
 April Goble, executive director of KIPP schools in Chicago and Gary, made a promise to KIPP LEAD middle school eighth-graders Alejia Stewart and Keyjuan Matthews that they will graduate in 2014 from a KIPP high school in Gary. The creation of that school came a step closer to reality Tuesday when executives from Sun-Times Media and the Post-Tribune visited the Gary school to present a grant for $100,000 from the Sun-Times Charity Trust and the Post-Tribune Foundation. Read more >>
The Washington Post
Education reform, one classroom at a time"
By Melinda French Gates (op-ed), February 18, 2010
 ...Teachers are at the center of our strategy at the Gates Foundation. Since my husband and I started investing in education 10 years ago, our foundation has partnered with more than 1,000 high schools. Our grantmaking wasn't always oriented around effective teaching, but gradually we noticed that the schools with the biggest gains were those doing revolutionary work inside the classroom. Read more >>
Business Week
"KIPP: Learning a lesson from big business"
by Molly Peterson, February 4, 2010
 Touring a branch of the Knowledge Is Power Program in southwest Houston is like dropping into an underage executive boot camp. The building houses three KIPP charter schools spanning pre-kindergarten to 12th grade-each one a showcase for motivational tactics.
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Daily Record (Jacksonville, FL)
"KIPP leader talks education"
By David Chapman | January 29, 2010
 Tom Madjanics, Knowledge Is Power Program executive director, spoke to more than 75 members of the civic organization on the public school initiative that will aim to improve graduation rates and increase the number of college graduates in Northwest Jacksonville.
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