D’Anza Smith is preparing to open a middle school next fall in Los Angeles. She shares her vision for the school and how she plans to make sure students experience all the rich learning experiences that Los Angeles has to offer.
Want to Keep Students Engaged? Help Them Get Creative
Shawn Bender is preparing to open an elementary school next fall: KIPP Pleasant Grove Elementary. He shares his vision for the school and how he plans to nurture all different kinds of learning styles through an arts-infused curriculum.
Teaching Children Self-Advocacy in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter
In the age of #BlackLivesMatter, Fisher Fellow Alaina Chipman shares how she’ll help prepare students to be citizens who are successful beyond the classroom walls.
Students of New Orleans, Citizens of the World
Towana Pierre-Floyd shares her vision for the school she plans to open next fall: Early College Academy at KIPP Renaissance High School. She reflects on travel experiences that shaped her, and looks forward to leading a school where students focus on values like excellence, global perspective and self-identity.
When a School is More than Just a School
Lindsey Smith shares her vision for the school she plans to open next fall: KIPP Climb. She can’t wait for the voices of her students, parents, teachers, and community members to echo in the halls, all while students receive a world-class college-prep education. Hear more from Lindsey!
Unlocking a Risk-Taking Spirit in 5th Graders
Lisa Bonnifield, KIPP Fisher Fellow in Newark, NJ, is founding a new school and naming it KIPP BOLD. She aims to unlock a risk-taking, opportunity-chasing, grit-filled spirit in her future students. The question she keeps asking myself is, “how will we do that?”
4 Lessons Learned (so far) in my Fisher Fellowship
By Ellen Sale, Fisher Fellow During my weeks of residency as a Fisher Fellow, training to open my own KIPP school, my wife kept track of my location with a…