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As of May 5, at least 77 students in the senior class have received over 300 acceptance to nearly 80 different colleges/universities, according to a release. The students have also acquired nearly $7 million in financial aid, surpassing the previous year's $2 million.

As the founder of KIPP Baltimore, which operates two high-performing public charter schools in the city, I am heartened and encouraged by our progress over the past six years under schools CEO Andrés Alonso.

As a lifelong Camden resident, I know our city has the potential to be great. Signs of it are happening everywhere. I see it most in my granddaughter. She is a kindergartner at KIPP Lanning Square Primary. Recently, her class celebrated their 100th day of the school year and it made me think about how much she's accomplished in that short time. There is a huge difference in the type of education she's getting compared to what my children got when they were in school. These kids are brilliant and KIPP is bringing that out in them.

My 6-year-old son attends KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, and his experience last year and this year has been incredible. The school's reading program is actually fun for my son, his reading had grown from kindergarten- to almost second-grade level, which is incredible since he's still in first grade.

KIPP Columbus and the YMCA of Central Ohio are partnering to open a center for infants, toddlers and preschoolers on the KIPP campus on the city's Northeast Side. The KIPP/YMCA Early Learning Center is to open by September and will serve children 6 weeks to 6 years old, or until they start kindergarten. "I'm really excited that we're expanding our program to serve kids earlier," said Hannah Powell, KIPP Columbus executive director. "It's going to be transformational - another proof point of what's possible."

The school board voted 4-1, with Ana Maria Pulido dissenting, to approve a resolution to allow KIPP Bay Area Schools, a leading charter school organization, to open a school in East Palo Alto. The school will serve both East Palo Alto and Belle Haven students from transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. The vote followed numerous parents, students, educators and two city council members urging the board to provide East Palo Alto students and parents with a high-quality educational option within their own community. Students who attend or have graduated from KIPP schools in other cities spoke of how the supportive school community became like a family to them, encouraging them to push through both academic and personal challenges and helping them become college-ready.

Since opening in 2005, [KIPP Tech Valley] has posted test scores at or above the state average, better than nearly all publicly funded middle schools in Albany.

On a snowy day in January 2003, as I was about to begin my last semester at Colby, I got some news that would change my life. I had been accepted to Teach For America and would be moving to Phoenix after graduation.

An Oakland-based non-profit has compiled a list of the top 15 Bay Area high schools for students from low-income families. According to Great Schools, these "exceptional high schools are educating students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds fairly and equally."

"I didn't know what to expect," said Clarence Shippen, a 17-year-old senior at KIPP Charter School - DuBois Collegiate Academy. "I got on a bus with my father to D.C. and when we got there, it was a huge revelation that happened. It was huge; you could barely walk down the street."