KIPP LEAD In The News
Change Growing in Gary
After a year as a fifth-grade college preparatory charter school, KIPP LEAD recently added sixth-grade courses to its offerings, doubling
its size and expanding curriculum.
Kudos for KIPP
Rare is the occasion when these columns have reason to applaud more spending on public schools. But news that the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) will receive $65 million to create new schools in Houston is worth a standing ovation.
Two Guys and a Dream
On the Pathway to College
A charter education network with a reputation for improving achievement in urban youth and gearing them for college debuted its charter school in Gary this week.
Beyond No Child
Walk into any school, and you'll find plenty of opinions many negative about the No Child Left Behind law, now almost five years old. Some complaints, particularly about bureaucratic rules, make sense. But too many are simply resistance to the accountability the law imposes.
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