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National
News
The
Washington Post, "School of Hard Choices: In the KIPP Academy
program, it's motivation that's
fundamental"
By Jay Mathews (August 24,
2004)
When Mike Feinberg, then a recent University of
Pennsylvania graduate, and Dave Levin, just out of Yale, met at a
1992 summer teacher training institute in Los Angeles, they were
typical of young people signing up for the Teach for America program
-- smart, idealistic, confident. That summer they spent as much time
playing basketball as they did learning how to handle a classroom.
Yet when they got into Levin's rotting gray Taurus, loaded with soft
drinks and Doritos, and headed for their new jobs in Houston, they
thought they had all the solutions to the problems of educating
low-income kids, and even outlined a grand strategy while they drove
through the Mojave Desert.
U.S.
News & World Report, "Closing the Gap: While the nation
struggles to fulfill the promise of Brown, these schools are proving
that high achievement can also be
colorblind"
By Lynn Rosellini (March 22,
2004)
Martin Robinson, 14, didn't have much use for elementary
school. He interrupted teachers, talked in class, and ended up
having to repeat the fourth grade. In the evenings, battles raged
over the homework he never wanted to do.
Forbes,
"No Shortcuts"
By Ira Carnahan (November
10, 2003)
The article focuses on the success of KIPP DC: KEY
Academy, which was founded in 2001 by Susan Schaeffler. When asked
by Forbes's Carnahan about what makes KIPP work, KIPP Co-Founder
Mike Feinberg explains: "The premise is there are no
shortcuts."
People,
"Second-Chance School: A fledging Oklahoma City program turns
hard-luck kids into success
stories"
By Susan Horsburgh and Joy
Sewing (May 5, 2003)
Oklahoma City native Tracy McDaniel founded
KIPP Reach College Prep in 2002 because, "he wanted to make a
difference for children in his community." University of Texas
Professor Darwin Winick tells People magazine, "KIPP schools use
their time well."
Newsweek,
"At the Top of the Class"
By Pat
Wingert and Barbara Kantrowitz (March 24, 2003)
Adalberto Garza's
13-year- old son, Adalberto Jr., was tagged a problem learner in his
Houston elementary school. He's dyslexic and, because his first
language is Spanish, English-speaking teachers often had difficulty
understanding him. "His accent and his way of talking made him seem
as if he had a mental handicap," his father says. But after
Adalberto Jr. enrolled at KIPP Academy Houston, his grades shot up.
At KIPP, Garza says, the teachers "are truly interested in our
children."
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