by kippadmin | Dec 30, 2010 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
TALLAHASSEE — A push for struggling schools to lengthen the school day may become a part of a larger education reform debate that lawmakers have hinted will be a major part of the spring 2011 legislative agenda. Key lawmakers in the Senate and House have already said...
by kippadmin | Dec 30, 2010 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
Jacksonville, Florida – When compared to other countries, American children spend the least time in school – 180. Students in Japan spend the most number of days in school – 243. There’s a move in the U.S. to add 20 school days to the school...
by kippadmin | Oct 13, 2010 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
Jacksonville’s KIPP Impact Middle School will receive $500,000 from the federal government to support its music program, the school’s national foundation announced Wednesday during a visit by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Duncan participated in a...
by kippadmin | Oct 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, will preside over a ribbon-cutting ceremony for KIPP Jacksonville Schools. KIPP Jacksonville has the distinction of opening the first KIPP School in Florida, KIPP Impact Middle School. The event will begin at 10:50 a.m.,...
by kippadmin | Oct 7, 2010 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is scheduled to be in Jacksonville Wednesday for the grand opening of Florida’s first KIPP charter school. Duncan will cut the ribbon at the KIPP Impact Middle School about 10:50 a.m., said Tom Majdanics, executive director for...
