By Richard Barth, KIPP Foundation CEO In keeping with what is becoming an annual tradition, I wanted to take a moment to share with you some of KIPP’s highlights from…
From 300 to 3,000 – KIPP School Summit Keeps Getting Bigger and Better
By Whitney Grese Hanna, Math is Life Consultant and Former KIPP Teacher I’ve been part of the KIPP Team and Family since 2001, when I started teaching fifth grade math,…
What Sharing and Collaboration Looks like at KIPP
By Carie Page & Lisa Altman, Knowledge Sharing Team, KIPP Foundation At KIPP, sharing has long been part of our culture. In our schools, teachers huddle to share lesson plans…
Mathematica Releases its Second Major Report on KIPP
By Richard Barth, KIPP Chief Executive Officer I want to take a moment to tell you about an important new independent report on KIPP. Today, Mathematica released its second report…
How Do I Effectively Check for Understanding?
By Elliott Witney, Former KIPP School Leader, Current KIPP Instructional Coach and Spring Branch Independent School District Executive Director In early November of 1997 I was teaching fifth grade Math…
3 Lessons Teachers Can Learn From Vegas
By Dave Levin, KIPP Co-Founder I started teaching in August of 1992. I struggled mightily and failed daily. At the end of many of those early days, I wasn’t sure…
8 Highlights from 2012 – A Note from Richard Barth
By Richard Barth, KIPP Foundation CEO Last year at this time I took a moment to share with you what I believed to be KIPP’s most significant highlights from 2011….