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UNC-Chapel Hill will become the first public university in the state to form a KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) partnership. With this partnership, UNC-CH plans to enroll five qualified KIPP alumni in Gaston County beginning with the 2013-14 school year and address the full financial need of KIPP students and alumni who enroll.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized 335 schools today as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2015, and included on the list is one from LA Unified, the independent charter Kipp Raíces Academy School.

Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson donated $25,000 to KIPP Bay Area Schools on Friday, and he addressed the students at the KIPP Bridge Charter School in Oakland with a message about the importance of education.

KIPP has been a beacon of success and hope during its 14 years in operation. McDaniel and its supporters note that it's an A-plus school according to the state's A-F report card, with 99 percent of KIPP students scoring "proficient" or "advanced." Most of the nearby elementary and middle schools received D's and F's.

U.S. News says Colorado's top 10 high schools overall (including charter, magnet and public) are: 1. Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Boulder Valley School District (BVSD). 2. KIPP Denver Collegiate High School, Denver, Denver Public Schools (DPS).

KIPP Reach has earned an A grade on the Oklahoma State School Report Card for the past four years. But these results are only an indicator of the progress we are making toward our ultimate goal - graduating KIPP students who are career and college ready. To date, 39 percent of students in our first KIPP class have graduated or are on track to graduate, which is above the national average for all students and four times higher than that of students from similar economic backgrounds.

When Executive Director Hannah Powell started at KIPP Columbus, five people oversaw 50 students in the fifth grade. Now heading into its ninth year, the school has over 1,100 students and 115 staff members.

During Daisy Montes Cabrera's final week of her first quarter at UC Davis, her father, who was terminally ill, died. Cabrera, a first-generation college student, wanted to leave Davis to be closer to her family in San Jose. But her high school college adviser, principal and teachers all encouraged her to stay, she said.

How do we best prepare students, especially those from underserved backgrounds, survive in competitive global society? A new report may help us answer that.