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A new report finds that students in KIPP charter schools experience significantly greater learning gains in math, reading, science, and social studies than do their peers in traditional public schools. The study, which analyzed data from 43 middle schools run by KIPP, officially known as the Knowledge Is Power Program, was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, a research center based in Princeton, N.J. >
As charter schools enter their third decade, the advocates who created them still wonder whether they're living up to their promise. A study released on Wednesday suggests some may be on the right track. The study, conducted by independent research firm Mathematica, is the most rigorous research showing that the Knowledge Is Power Program, an acclaimed national chain of charter schools, provides a significant learning boost to middle school students in multiple subjects. >
A Princeton-based research firm's analysis of the KIPP national network of charter schools found KIPP middle-school students made substantial gains in core subjects over a three-year span. Mathematica Policy Research was scheduled to release a report Wednesday based on what it called its "most rigorous large-scale evaluation of KIPP charter schools." >
A seven-year, $4 million study of the KIPP charter school system shows that students make an average of 11 months more academic progress by the end of middle school than their peers at traditional middle schools. The study, conducted by Mathematica Policy Research and funded by grants, shows that in most ways KIPP middle school students are identical to their counterparts at typical middle schools. >
KIPP, previously known as the Knowledge Is Power Program, has had more success than any other large educational organization in raising the achievement of low-income students, both nationally and in the District. But many good educators, burned by similarly hopeful stories in the past, have wondered whether KIPP were for real. >
The Knowledge Is Power Program, or KIPP, is a nationwide charter school network whose "no excuses" model and high academic performance have brought it widespread praise. Critics, however, have questioned whether KIPP schools' academic showing is partly attributable to attrition of low-performing students whose seats often end up going unfilled. >
Outside each glass-walled conference room, there’s a sign the size of a sheet from a schoolchild’s notebook. Zest. Grit. Self-Control. Social Intelligence. Gratitude. Optimism. Curiosity. These are the inspiring words that the kids enrolled in the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), America’s largest, and arguably the most successful, nonprofit charter school network, live and study by. >
The C in linguistics proved to Rebecca Mercado that college was going to be different. “It was the first time I had ever received a grade lower than a B, and it was upsetting,” admits Mercado, a biochemistry and cell biology major at the University of California, San Diego. >
Houston's urban school leaders vowed Wednesday to continue efforts to expand quality school choices, despite financial and regulatory challenges. >
Charter schools throughout the country are coping with myriad challenges in preparing for the Common Core State Standards, an effort that could force them to make adjustments from how they train their teachers to the types of curriculum they use to the technology they need to administer online tests. >
In a study conducted by The Hamilton Project, researchers examined 35 New York City charter schools to learn which educational practices distinguished high-achieving schools from low-achieving schools. >
Charter school operator KIPP DC is among 16 winners of the federal government’s Race to the Top District grant competition, U.S. Department of Education officials announced Tuesday. >
Three miles away, the new, $30 million KIPP charter school teems with 1,050 children. Toddlers crawl over a state-of-the-art jungle gym and older students fill brightly decorated classrooms. A waiting list holds 2,000 names. >
Twenty colleges and universities, including some of the nation’s most prestigious, have pledged in the past year to recruit more students from a prominent charter school network that focuses on educating the urban poor. >
D.C. officials are recommending that charter school operator KIPP DC be allowed to take over the old Webb Elementary School building under a long-term lease.
The decision was announced Thursday by Mayor Vincent Gray (D). >
Applications flooded the PEOPLE offices when we asked you to nominate candidates for our first Teacher of the Year competition....Arwen Imai Matthews teaches introductory physics and chemistry to 8th graders at KIPP 3D Academy Middle School in Houston. >
In the 1990s, Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda conducted a study on adverse childhood experiences. They asked 17,000 mostly white, mostly upscale patients enrolled in a Kaiser H.M.O. to describe whether they had experienced any of 10 categories of childhood trauma. >
A growing ‘grit’ movement is taking hold in schools. Teachers at some schools, including Kipp schools, are emphasizing the importance of character skills like persistence and resilience as being crucial parts of a child’s education. Rock Center Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams reports. >
From failing to flourishing. That’s been the story of this 5th to 8th grade urban school, which in its 10 years has managed to turn at-risk students into some of the highest-performing in the state. The school is part of the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), a longer-day, rigorous staff development model that is changing the game for inner-city schools nationwide. >
There is no such thing as a silver bullet for public education. Charter schools are merely one promising tool in our ever-expanding tool belt of approaches to K–12 educational reform. These autonomous public schools provide a testing ground for innovation, where ideas can be tried, refined and then shared with educators from across the public school system. >
The national network of KIPP charter schools last spring announced plans to more than double the number of its low-income students who graduate from college, by partnering with colleges and universities that encourage KIPP students to apply and support those who enroll. >
Part 2 of an interview with Mike Kerr, founder and school leader of KIPP Empower Academy in Los Angeles, CA. >
In the 2010-11 school year, more than 500 charter schools opened across the country, each one in need of a leader who had a grasp of the education- and personnel-management skills needed to run a school, as well as a solid underpinning in other areas such as nonprofit management, budgeting, and strategic planning. >
Part 1 of an interview with Mike Kerr, founder and school leader of KIPP Empower Academy in Los Angeles, CA. >
Paul feels the same way about his bond with the city. A trade doesn't eradicate the connections he made with New Orleans, including his partnership with Chase Bank to donate $1 million to fund the afterschool program at the KIPP Central City Primary school, where I met Tate on Wednesday. Through his CP3 afterschool program, kids learn everything from nutrition tips to Zumba dance workouts >
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