by kippadmin | Mar 18, 2014 | Media Coverage
Governor Rick Scott appointed Tom Majdanics, Executive Director of KIPP Jacksonville Schools, to the Florida State College at Jacksonville District Board of Trustees. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in Public...
by kippadmin | Jan 31, 2013 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
Superintendent Nikolai Vitti visits KIPP and applauds the school for incorporating music and the arts into the students’ daily curriculum.
by kippadmin | Jul 23, 2012 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
School grades for 24 Northeast Florida schools have been bumped up after they were miscalculated by the state, whose exam and evaluation process has faced a bevy of criticism. Two schools, Eugene Butler Middle School and School of Success Academy charter school, both...
by kippadmin | Jul 23, 2012 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
There was much celebrating in Duval County last week as the school district was the only one to add A-rated schools and reduce F-rated schools. But wait a second. Weren’t these grades mostly based on the despised Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test? And...
by kippadmin | Apr 2, 2012 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
In his 2012 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed that teachers should “stop teaching to the test” and that the nation should “reward the best ones” and “replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn.” This all sounds sensible, but it is in...
by kippadmin | Mar 14, 2012 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – KIPP Jacksonville Schools, which has run a charter middle school in Duval County for the past two years, will open its first elementary school this summer. KIPP, which stand for Knowledge is Power Program, is now recruiting for its inaugural...
