by kippadmin | Jun 26, 2011 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
You can get a good read on a school the moment you step through the doors. Are the students working hard or goofing off? Are they carrying books or not? Are teachers and administrators in the hallways and out of their offices? The first impression of the new KIPP...
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.,...
