An archived stack of papers: 'kipp'
In My Backyard, Please
In a stack of papers called Reform.
- Dec
- 16
- 2007
My district just had a board meeting last Thursday and consideration of a KIPP high school was on the agenda. As of this writing, I don’t know how that meeting went, but I’ll find out and post an update. At my school, we had strong voices against the charter school, desperate for its disapproval. Folks scoured the charter paperwork in the hopes that KIPP... read more
Charter Me This, Batman: Faulty Comparison 3
In a stack of papers called Reform.
- Feb
- 27
- 2006
School systems in other countries are better than that in America. That is spoken without due consideration to the myriad of other things that are different in a student’s life overseas and that may impact academic performance. Private schools perform better on standardized tests that public schools do. But with the ability to cherry pick students and refuse an education to those who do not want... read more
Teaching Should Be Limited
In a stack of papers called Instruction.
- Feb
- 12
- 2006
If a teacher wants to work for 10 hours every day, be on call during the evenings to answer questions about the day’s lesson, and maybe work for 3 hours every other Saturday teaching an additional class, for that teacher’s and the students’ own good, that should not be allowed.
Let’s Get It Right, that site I mentioned recently... read more
Something Simple?
In a stack of papers called Reform.
- Jan
- 30
- 2006
When I visited the KIPP school in San Francisco, something about their application of the KIPP strategies stuck out in my mind. They boast about high academic achievement and creating a culture where success if expected and failure is addressed; they have lots of systems to encourage this outlook on academics; the different small schools they have (for lack of... read more
Ask And You Shall Receive
In a stack of papers called Reform.
- Jan
- 21
- 2006
My friend Rushton and I traveled up to San Francisco to visit a KIPP school called San Francisco Bay Academy. From reading this blog, you should note my unhappiness with the current system, yet unwillingness to believe that another prepackaged solution is the way to go or the prime thing to contribute to success. Since I am at... read more