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Tennis great Andre Agassi and officials of a California real estate company created an unusual joint venture last year to help successful charter schools find affordable and sustainable buildings. On Tuesday, they will celebrate their first charter-school investment: KIPP Philadelphia Elementary Academy at 2409 W. Westmoreland St. in North Philadelphia's Tioga section. >
Two KIPP 3-D Academy eighth-graders were hailed as heroes Thursday when they calmed and evacuated panicked elementary students after their school bus ran off East Hardy Road and plunged into a roadside tavern. >
We do know, however, that charters in the District are a success, if you judge by achievement, growth, parent support and thoughtful supervision. Forty percent of D.C. public school children are in charters. >
A new, unusual pact between the Spring Branch Independent School District and the KIPP and YES charter schools will have the competitors playing on the same team. >
Co-founder of the celebrated KIPP charter school network and superintendent of KIPP’s New York City schools, David Levin lives by one motto, which he proudly displays on his button down shirt: “Work Hard. Be Nice.” >
Hoping to boost college graduation rates, the KIPP charter school chain will partner with 10 universities across the country next year to increase support for low-income students. The first partner is in the birthplace of the Knowledge is Power Program: the University of Houston. >
The moment you enter a KIPP Collegiate School, it's clear that this is something different. The kids are fully engaged. There's a sense of discipline, even in walking to your next class. >
Principal Tracy McDaniel is shooting for the tipping point. For the past 10 years his school — KIPP Reach College Preparatory — has been taking predominately low-income middle school students from northeast Oklahoma City and helping them surpass the academic achievements of their more privileged peers. >
When Scott Shirey arrived in Helena in January 2002, he knew time mattered. He was there to open the first KIPP charter school in Arkansas, and he had just six months in which to do it. >
KIPP Academy alum Joana Cisneros still remembers her first day in 11th-grade chemistry. "I remember being bombarded with 'what does electro-negativity mean.' I remember thinking 'What is this?,'" the current college junior told an audience of close to 1,000 Saturday night. >
As a lifelong resident of Bridgewater, Lindsay Schambach had the good fortune of attending excellent schools offering her an education that would take her whereever she wanted to go. And Schambach is thankful to her parents, Nancy and the late Joe Cullinan, for reminding her along the way how very lucky she was. >
The teacher guides his orchestra with a felt-tip baton. The children's eyes follow his movements while they sing. “I have nine. You need two. Do I have enough? Yes! Press in the bottom number: seven!” they chant. >
Radio Times - Marc Mannella, CEO of KIPP Philadelphia Schools. >
KIPP Sharpstown student Victor Viveros recently received a $10,000 Doris Fisher Award at an awards ceremony in Nashville, Tenn. Viveros is one of only six students to win the 2011 Doris Fisher Award. >
The students are back at Atlanta's Kipp Ways Academy. The Atlanta charter school was gutted by fire back in December and students had to move in the middle of the school year to classrooms at another school. >
KIPP Memphis today will announce plans to open a charter elementary school and a second middle school in 2012. If all goes according to plan, its leaders say the feeder schools should produce one of the strongest public high schools in town. >
KIPP San Antonio is slated to open two new elementary schools in San Antonio in the fall of 2012. Educators Luzdivina Lozano and Michael Shay have been selected to run the schools as part of the KIPP Fisher Fellowship — a highly selective program that trains experienced educators to open and run new public charter schools in existing KIPP regions. >
A state agency has provided the key financing needed by a Lynn charter school for its project to construct a new middle and high school. MassDevelopment provided two types of financing for KIPP Academy Lynn’s $28.5 million project, which calls for construction of a 68,000-square-foot school on 5.5 acres next to High Rock Tower Park in Lynn’s Highlands neighborhood. >
An estimated one of every 10 students who come from a low-income home graduate from a four-year college, and numbers show minorities make up a large part of that group. At KIPP Academy in East Austin, bright halls, inspiring classrooms and college pennants adorn the walls to stir up spirit about a future in higher education. >
A Baltimore charter school network that had threatened to shut down in June reached an agreement in principle with the Baltimore Teachers Union minutes before testimony was set to begin in Annapolis on a bill that would have given city charters more flexibility in dealing with union rules. >
OAKLAND -- A middle school in West Oakland with a 9 1/2-hour school day has received the Hart Vision Award, a statewide honor for charter school of the year. Of the more than 900 state-funded, privately run charter schools in California, KIPP Bridge was one of two to earn the honor. >
The Knowledge is Power Program San Antonio, a charter school district known for its extended school day and Saturday classes, has received a $2.5 million grant from the George W. Brackenridge Foundation. The five-year grant is the largest in the foundation's nearly 90-year history. >
We cannot bury our heads in the sand when it comes to the state of public education in Texas. Our lean economic times have made many policymakers' decisions difficult, but there are also many new reasons to celebrate innovation in public schools. We have a golden opportunity, and a responsibility, to effect lasting change for Houston's students. >
As a Tennessee educator, however, I believe that the Volunteer State is poised to make history in education reform. I want to congratulate Gov.-elect Bill Haslam on his victory and encourage him to immediately embrace the tremendous momentum that is addressing our persistent education challenges. >
As an Oklahoma City educator, I'm excited about the election of our first female governor. This fall, Mary Fallin spoke with the teachers and students at KIPP Reach, the public charter school that I founded in northeast Oklahoma City in 2002. Fallin's personal story of determination to overcome the challenges she faced as a single parent inspired our students as they pursue their own dreams. >
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