KIPP Foundation
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Located: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 1994
Mission: KIPP, the Knowledge is Power Program, is a national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students in underserved communities for success in college and in life. There are currently 99 KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 26,000 students.
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Leadership
Richard Barth.
Richard Barth was made CEO and President of the KIPP Foundation in December of 2006. Over the past five years, he has overseen the doubling of the network from 45 to 99 schools, dramatically expanded KIPP's leadership development programs, advocated for high performing charter schools on Capitol Hill, and secured over $160 million in new, long-term philanthropic commitments, including $65…
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Financial Data
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| Total Revenue: $17,345,772 |
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Contact Info
| Website: | http://www.kipp.org/ | Address: | 135 Main Street Ste 1700 |
| E-Mail: | Contact form | San Francisco, CA 94105, USA | |
| Phone: | 866-345-5477 | ||
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Story:
This is Jason’s story, a 5th grade student at KIPP Infinity:
Jason is in KIPP Infinity, and is a 5th grade student. In an interview, he says he wants to go to college. And then for his future job, he is thinking about becoming a scientist. Since he wants to be a scientist, he wants to discover something that no one else has discovered. He also wants to help others and show them what's possible.
One piece of advice he would give a student thinking about enrolling in KIPP is that he would tell them to focus on working hard and accomplishing things that they want to, like getting good grades. If something seems hard, never give up, just keep going.
One thing that he learned at his school is that sometimes it can be hard to get good grades. If you keep asking for help, you can get better, if you don't, you won't understand. He also said that his school helped him become more determined now than he was before. He now knows he needs to reach towards high expectations, even if it's not easy. (Source: http://www.kipp.org/students/meet-our-students)
Expert Reviews of KIPP Foundation
Evidence of Impact Summary:
Experts point to several third-party evaluations which substantiate the role of KIPP Foundation schools in improving student performance.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
Experts praise the KIPP Foundation leadership, staff, and program design in creating a rigorous learning environment where students hold themselves accountable to succeed.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
The downsides of many of KIPP Foundation's strengths are called out by many experts. Specifically, student dropout rates, selection biases, and teacher attrition are noted as areas for improvement.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Evidence of Impact
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They consistently makes high student achievement impact. KIPP works to improve policy for charter schools. They are interested in sharing successes with others. KIPP is still growing and increasing the number of students being served across the country. | ||
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Their ability to expand to over 80 public charter schools nationally that are focused on under-performing areas and closing the achievement gap for these students signify their impact. | ||
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They have raised the profile of charters and CMOs. | ||
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They have transformed the lives of hundreds of disadvantaged children and put them on paths to college and success. | ||
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KIPP has inspired Teach for America corps members to continue to teach after their tenure expires. | ||
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The number of schools serving disadvantaged students attest to impact. Additionally, requests by districts and states to open KIPP schools in their low performing regions are a sign of success. | ||
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Changing the discussion and showing that children from disadvantaged backgrounds can learn signifies KIPP's impact. | ||
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KIPP charter schools have demonstrated that poverty is not an insurmountable obstacle to academic success. In more than 80 schools nationwide, KIPP takes students from poor families and struggling communities and ensures they get the excellent education they deserve by setting high expectations and giving them great teachers. More than 80% of KIPP students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and more than 90% are African-American or Latino--and over 85 percent of KIPP alumni have gone on to college. | ||
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They have developed highly successful charter schools and are now developing them at scale, something that has challenged so much of the charter community. | ||
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KIPP achieves outstanding results for low-income kids. | ||
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They have demonstrated that it is possible to create high quality urban schools and replicate them in a city and in different parts of the country. | ||
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The great outcomes for kids and high morale despite hard work substantiate KIPP's impact. | ||
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According to external evaluations, "The results show overall gains of 0.35 standard deviations in math and 0.12 standard deviations in reading for each year spent at KIPP Lynn. LEP students, special education students, and those with low baseline scores benefit more from time spent at KIPP than do other students." There are also many more studies showing the impact of KIPP on student learning. | ||
Expert Comments: Organization Strengths
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The leadership of this organization is strong and they continue to stay on point to their mission. They have been very successful in their ability to fundraise but to also be efficient in their spending. They are very business savvy. | ||
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KIPP has a clear commitment to the outcomes for kids in poverty. This commitment has produced results over a significant period of time while expanding. | ||
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They provide a leadership pipeline for schools. Their schools are focused on academics and a culture with 'No Excuses.' | ||
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KIPP has excelled in ensuring quality and consistency across its schools while growing quickly. The organization benefits from strong and focused leadership. | ||
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They are professional and thoughtful, with a reasonable blend of control of "brand" and site-level flexibility. | ||
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Ability to sustain significant results through aggressive and strategic expansion. They have a highly committed staff and effective program model. | ||
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They have visionary leadership and scalability. | ||
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They target populations that are grossly under-served by traditional school districts. | ||
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They have very effective branding and a model that is broadly known but adaptable. Until recently, they have been relatively focused in the students they serve (e.g. middle school urban and disadvantaged students). | ||
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Leadership is obviously strong as is the organization's marketing given its brand name in education. | ||
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They have strong school leadership and branding. | ||
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They have strong leadership and a base of financial support. | ||
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KIPP has had very strong leadership. They have also been willing to shut down or pull away from schools that are not performing up to their standard. | ||
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They make terrific use of ritual and slogan: kids need structure. They get it with KIPP. | ||
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The strengths of this program are that it provides training for principals and offers them greater autonomy over budget and hiring decisions, provides about 60% more instructional time than a traditional public school. They do this through a longer school day and additional instructional days on Saturdays and in the summer. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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They need bigger outreach and impact. Even with major growth annually they are still only serving a small population of school age children in the US. | ||
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They need to find creative and legislative ways for districts to replicate the KIPP model. | ||
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They need to evaluate their own schools; some are not great right now. | ||
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They are too controlling of the message making it very difficult for outside evaluation of their work. This helps with their branding but doesn't necessarily make the organization stronger. Also, they are starting to dilute their focus by expanding the grades in which they focus. This is not an problem yet but could be a problem. | ||
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They allow themselves to be portrayed as a panacea. | ||
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Their approach to teaching mathematics involves excessive rote memorization and insufficient understanding. | ||
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They are burning out young energetic teachers. They should improve the retention of teachers to reduce teacher turnover. | ||
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They need a more sustainable and scalable model. | ||
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KIPP costs more than a typical school, which is a downside as it will struggle to scale. Its reliance on human capital will limit its growth and effectiveness. | ||
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Though KIPP has grown quickly, the scalability of its model is likely to remain a challenge, especially in terms of finding and keeping the kinds of talented, dynamic teachers and leaders it needs to ensure its schools and students succeed. | ||
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They could do an even better job on managing and supporting schools for quality. | ||
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They need a high school strategy. | ||
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Critics of the program have pointed out KIPP's high dropout rate. A large number of students do not graduate from the program. This weakness has led to the charge that KIPP is only working for the best and the brightest students and thus not closing the achievement gap. This is an area in which KIPP needs to improve. | ||
Leadership
Richard Barth
President and CEO
President and CEO
Barth came to KIPP from Edison Schools, where he served as President of District Partnerships and managed school partnerships serving over 40,000 students. Prior to joining Edison, Richard was one of the founding staff members of Teach For America. He earned a BA in American History from Harvard University, and is an Aspen Institute-New Schools Fellow. He currently sits on the board of directors of The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems and Be the Change, Inc. and is President of the KIPP Foundation Board of Directors.
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