by kippadmin | Mar 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
From The News Service of Florida and staff Gov. Rick Scott signed the teacher merit pay bill on Thursday at the charter KIPP – Knowledge Is Power Program – School on McDuff Avenue North. It was Scott’s first signed legislation since becoming governor. “We must recruit...
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.,...
