Menu
KIPP Blog
Search
Explore
  • Donate Now
  • KIPP.org
  • Careers
  • Podcast
Search
KIPP Blog
  • Donate Now
  • KIPP.org
  • Careers
  • Podcast

Categories

Date

About our blog:

Our blog is where KIPP teachers, leaders, and students share their experience, expertise, and innovations.→
9 Posts

Tag: Dream Act

Picture of KIPP Interns on Capitol Hill
  • Posted in
    • Career Pathways
    • Updates & Events

9 Highlights from 2017

  • Posted byby Richard Barth
  • January 10, 2018
  • 6 minute read

In gratitude for the KIPP Team and Family’s commitment to educational excellence, KIPP Foundation CEO Richard Barth shares a few highlights from 2017.

Continue reading
Luis DACA
  • Posted in
    • Team & Family Stories

Eagle Scout Working To Realize His American Dream

  • Posted byby KIPP Alumni
  • October 16, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Luis is your All-American student. He’s a dedicated Eagle Scout who’s dream is to attend medical school at the University of Oklahoma. He came to the United States when he was just 3 years old. As a current junior in high school, the Dream Act can protect Luis and Dreamers like him.

Continue reading
  • Posted in
    • Team & Family Stories

Faith and Fitness Power My American Dream

  • Posted byby KIPP Alumni
  • October 10, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Roberto was eight when his uncle brought him to the United States in search of a better life. As a current college junior, Roberto is fulfilling his American Dream. Now he is praying that Congress takes action to protect DACA recipients like him.

Continue reading
  • Posted in
    • Team & Family Stories

My Quest for the American Dream

  • Posted byby KIPP Teachers
  • September 25, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Maria is a teacher for KIPP San Antonio. Maria urges everyone to stand on the right side of history and fight for DREAMers like herself and her students. She understands the damage rescinding DACA has done and is not afraid to stand up, speak out, and fight.

Continue reading
Adriana KIPP Austin Public Schools
  • Posted in
    • Team & Family Stories

DACA Has Helped Me Find My Voice

  • Posted byby KIPP Alumni
  • September 20, 2017
  • 2 minute read

KIPP Austin Public Schools Alumna, Adriana, shares her family’s journey from Mexico to America. DACA has given her a voice she did not have before, but the uncertainty of her status still lingers.

Continue reading
KIPP Alumnus Luz Elena Hernandez Cortez
  • Posted in
    • Team & Family Stories

Where Would I Be Without DACA?

  • Posted byby KIPP Alumni
  • September 6, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Luz is a KIPP Bay Area Schools alumna. The DACA program opened doors for her that otherwise would have been shut. She is now a permanent resident and eager to share her story.

Continue reading
Ximena, KIPP Houston DACA story
  • Posted in
    • Team & Family Stories

How DACA Has Made Me Feel Safe

  • Posted byby KIPP Alumni
  • September 1, 2017
  • 3 minute read

Ximena is a KIPP Houston alumna. To Ximena, DACA made hope possible. It changed everything. She now has her permanent residency and wants everyone reading to know about the opportunities DACA provided her.

Continue reading

Posts navigation

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next
  • Career Pathways
  • Leadership Development
  • Resources
  • Teacher Strategies & Innovations
  • Team & Family Stories
  • Updates & Events