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  • Shameem Patel with her students before the pandemic hit last year.
    The 74

    ‘She Made Me Feel Like I Wasn’t Entirely Alone’: 10 Students and Families Pay Tribute to the Teachers Who Helped Them Endure the Pandemic

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  • Monica Reed teaches African American culture at KIPP Inspire Academy, a middle school in St. Louis.
    Chalkbeat

    After Chauvin Verdict, Classroom Discussions Turn To Racial Justice and Remembrance

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  • Freddy Gonzalez leads a KIPP morning meeting pre-pandemic
    The 74

    To Dismantle Structural Racism, Having School Leaders Who Look like Me Matters

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  • Education Next

    How Schools Can Help With The Vaccination Rollout 

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  • USA Today

    We Need National Summer School To Help Kids Recover From Learning Lost In COVID Pandemic

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  • North Carolina teacher Amber Rawlins keeps things lively while making every moment of remote teaching count with her third-grade students.
    The 74

    Starting My Teaching Day at 3:30 PM and Sharing Friday Movie Nights With My Students: Bringing Joy To Remote Learning in Rural North Carolina

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  • Forbes

    CARES Act Funding Isn’t Equitable For Schools. Let’s Fix That Next Time

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  • KIPP Philly Teacher Crystal Peralta
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    3 Ways Teachers Can Address Their Students’ Trauma When School Is Virtual

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  • NBC

    Nightly News: Kids Edition (February 4, 2021)

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  • The 74

    Howard University is a Center of Black Excellence: Here’s Why I Almost Didn’t Get the Chance to Attend

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  • KIPP Foundation

    Richard Barth’s Weekly Thoughts: U.S. Capitol Lockdown

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  • Education Post

    Three Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic In 2020

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  • Press Releases

    KIPP Foundation Statement On Education Secretary Nomination

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  • CNN

    New Jersey Kindergarten Offers Night School To Help Absent Kids

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    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    School Leaders Seek Justice For Three KIPP Metro Atlanta Students Killed In Five Months

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  • The Daily News

    Joe Biden Must Stand Up For Charter Schools

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  • The Hill

    Our next Education secretary must support all public schools — including charters

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  • Education Post

    Here’s Why Independent Reading Matters in a Pandemic

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  • The 74

    An Educator’s View: We Have a Choice — Set a Bar of Mediocrity for Online Education or Take This Opportunity to Change How We Teach

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    KIPP Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Alumni Network to Help Its 30K Graduates With Careers, Mental Health and Finances

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    KIPP Students Know What They Need to Thrive in Remote Learning

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    Chalkbeat

    School of Adaptation: How An Indianapolis High School Is Getting To Know Students Virtually

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255 Schools Across The Country

KIPP, the Knowledge is Power Program, is a non-profit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students.

About KIPP Schools

Our Approach

All children will learn and achieve at high levels if given the opportunity. Our goal is to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and character strengths they need to succeed throughout their education and in the competitive world beyond.

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  • More than
    110,000

    Students currently enrolled in KIPP schools

    More than
    110,000

    Students currently enrolled in KIPP schools

  • Nearly
    15,000

    KIPP alumni currently attending college

    Nearly
    15,000

    KIPP alumni currently attending college

  • 3X

    KIPP alumni graduate college at 3X the rate of their peers

    3X

    KIPP alumni graduate college at 3X the rate of their peers

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  • KIPP taught me that if we want to see change in our cities and within our communities, we must be the change we want to see. Tyra Asberry, Alumna, KIPP New Jersey

    KIPP taught me that if we want to see change in our cities and within our communities, we must be the change we want to see.

    Tyra Asberry, Alumna, KIPP New Jersey
  • You will build so many amazing relationships here that you wouldn’t think of. The level of support inside and outside the classroom is incredible. Jenene Phillips, Teacher and Parent, KIPP Nashville

    You will build so many amazing relationships here that you wouldn’t think of. The level of support inside and outside the classroom is incredible.

    Jenene Phillips, Teacher and Parent, KIPP Nashville
  • I love watching our kids grow into young adults who will have a positive impact in their families, their communities, and their world. Mike Lucas, Principal, KIPP Baltimore

    I love watching our kids grow into young adults who will have a positive impact in their families, their communities, and their world.

    Mike Lucas, Principal, KIPP Baltimore
  • My students are the definition of resilience. Their hunger for a quality education motivates me daily to be a better teacher. Robert Manuel, AP World History Teacher, KIPP New Orleans

    My students are the definition of resilience. Their hunger for a quality education motivates me daily to be a better teacher.

    Robert Manuel, AP World History Teacher, KIPP New Orleans

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