Mike Klonsky on KIPP’s Rebranding
KIPP is the largest charter chain in the nation. It grew thanks to the generosity of the Walton Foundation, the Fisher Family Foundation (the Gap,...
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Memphis: Two KIPP Charters Close Suddenly, Stranding Students
David Pettiette is a CPA who volunteered at a KIPP elementary school in Memphis. He was shocked when two KIPP schools suddenly closed their doors...
Gary Rubinstein: KIPP Flees the Edsel of School Reform in Tennessee
Gary Rubinstein reports that KIPP has taken advantage of the coronavirus shutdown of schools to close two of its charters in the ill-fated “Achievement School...
Gary Rubinstein: More Reform-Funded Nonsense About KIPP Graduation Rates
Gary Rubinstein is the Myth-Buster of the Resistance. He has achieved this eminent position because of his intolerance for hype, propaganda, and lies. In this...
Gary Rubinstein: That Misleading KIPP Research about College Completion
Gary Rubinstein has a deep aversion to hypocrisy, hypes, and propaganda. He read a widely publicized report saying “research shows” that graduates of KIPP have...
D.C.: KIPP’s Sweet Deal in the District of Columbia to Scoop Up Closed Public Schools
Parent activist Valerie Jablow is a whistle-blower about charter school abuse in the District of Columbia. In this post, she describes the sweet deal that...
What Happened to the Students Who Began KIPP-Philly in 2003?
Marc Mannella opened the first KIPP middle school in Philadelphia in 2003. He started with 90 students in fifth grade. KIPP promised that students who...
KIPP Co-Founder Sues KIPP for Defamation
Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP in 1994, was swiftly fired in 2018 after two KIPP graduates accused him of sexual impropriety. Now Feinberg is suing...
Betsy DeVos Funds IDEA and Kipp to Saturate San Antonio with Charter Schools
Texas Public Radio describes Betsy Devos’s audacious plan to overwhelm San Antonio with charters created by two corporate chains: IDEA and KIPP. Some of...
Carol Burris: Federal Charter School Program is a Slush Fund
Back in March 2019, Carol Burris and Jeff Bryant released a study of the federal Charter Schools Program on behalf of the Network for...