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...
by kippadmin | Sep 27, 2010 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
On Monday, President Barack Obama spoke about goals in education reform and said he’d like to see a month added to the public school calendar. Obama’s call for a longer school year is generating a lot of discussion. Fifth-grader Jacolby Youngblood said he...
by kippadmin | Sep 24, 2010 | Media Coverage, Uncategorized
The business community has taken a special interest in a budding chain of charter schools, first rallying to get a Knowledge Is Power Program school in Jacksonville, and most recently blazing through a fundraising initiative. KIPP Impact Middle School, which opened...
