By Dave Levin, KIPP Co-Founder In 2000, Susan Schaeffler, Dan Caesar, and Caleb Dolan became the first three Fisher Fellows in KIPP’s history. They went on to open transformational KIPP schools…
300 to 4,500 – Reflections on the Growth of KIPP Memphis
By Jamal McCall, Executive Director, KIPP Memphis As our academic year in Memphis comes to a close, I am compelled to reflect on a rewarding and humbling fact: I have…
3.1 Million Students: KIPP’s Reach Extends
By Sarah Campbell, Senior Director of National-Local Leadership Development, KIPP Foundation This post is the first of a series from the KIPP School Leadership Programs team to shed light on the…
Miles Family Fellows Celebrate a Successful Year
By Wendy Hassett & Liz Meehan, KIPP Foundation This month, members of the 2011-12 Miles Fellowship class traveled to Philadelphia, PA, for their final meeting as a cohort. For this…
Educating the Whole Child for the 21st Century
By Mike Kerr, School Leader, KIPP Empower Academy At KIPP Empower Academy, our motto is “Strong in mind, body, and spirit.” Ultimately, we desire for all of our students to…
From the Court to the Classroom
By Michael Horne, Miles Family Fellow, KIPP Dallas-Fort Worth I am a Boston Celtics fan. Yes, I live in Dallas. But prior to moving to Dallas, I lived in Boston…
How to Teach in Quadrant I
By Ben Speicher, School Leader, KIPP Philadelphia Elementary Academy When I was a Fisher Fellow spending a year visiting, observing, talking, traveling, and planning in preparation to open a KIPP…