How has KIPP influenced school reform?
Many charter schools have adopted KIPP-like methods, and some regular public schools have too. Much of what KIPP does is not new, but few other schools have put it all together and been strong and consistent.The KIPP method has not spread fast because it is so at odds with the lethargy and politics that impede most urban and rural schools with lots of poor kids, but it has done more than any other group of schools. The first 1,000 KIPP students to complete 8th grade on average went from the 32nd to the 6oth percentile in reading since they began in 5th grade, and from the 40th to the 82nd percentile in math. No other group of schools has ever had so many students achieve so much, so quickly. 6) I understand you have a pending special evening with Andrew Rotherham. What is on the agenda? Where and When will this be held? Who will also be there? It will be one of my first book events, 5 p.m. on Jan. 28 at Education Sector offices in DC, at 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, suite 850. CSPAN will b
