View map of all KIPP schools >

Press Release

If you are a journalist or a member of the media and have an inquiry, please email Steve Mancini, Director of Public Affairs, or call 415-531-5396.
KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will partner in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students in Gaston and nationwide. >
KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) announced today that it will partner with Southern Methodist University in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students in Dallas and nationwide. >
A national network of open-enrollment, college-preparatory public charter schools, known as the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), will partner with the University of Kansas (KU) to increase college completion rates for underserved students from KIPP schools nationwide. In partnering with KIPP, KU hopes to recruit and enroll three qualified KIPP alumni in the School of Engineering each year, beginning in the fall of 2014. >
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Accenture Foundations today announced that they have awarded KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program), a national network of charter schools, a grant of US$3.3 million to help young people in underserved communities transition from secondary education to higher education and employment. This grant brings Accenture’s direct support of KIPP to US$3.7 million since 2009. >
WASHINGTON, D.C. – KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program), the nation’s largest non-profit charter school network, announced today that it will partner with both Georgetown University and Trinity Washington University in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students nationwide. >
KIPP announced today that it will partner with Brown University to increase college completion rates for underserved students from KIPP schools nationwide. To support this partnership effort, Martha and Bruce Karsh have established the KIPP Scholarship Fund as a part of Brown’s permanent endowment, and contributed additional resources to help KIPPsters and alumni as they make their way toward graduation. >
A signing event will take place today to celebrate an agreement between KIPP and Houston Baptist University (HBU). The partnership is designed to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students nationwide. >
Texas State University and the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) have announced a partnership agreement designed to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students nationwide. >
A ceremony today will cement the partnership between the KIPP Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania to increase college-completion rates for underserved KIPP students nationwide. >
Mercy College is partnering with the KIPP Foundation to help improve college completion rates for underserved youth across the country. Mercy College joins an elite group of colleges and universities partnering with the KIPP Foundation, encompassing both private and public institutions nationwide. >
KIPP Reach named 2012 National Blue Ribbon School
Press Release | September 7, 2012
The US Department of Education announced today that KIPP Reach College Preparatory is a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School. The school, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is being honored for posting some of the highest achievement scores in the state. KIPP Reach is the first non-selective public school in Oklahoma City to be named a Blue Ribbon School in over 10 years, and the fifth KIPP school to receive this award since 1994. >
In August 2012, Pennsylvania State University associate professor Dr. Ed Fuller released a report entitled “Examining High-Profile Charter Middle Schools in Texas: Characteristics of Entrants, Student Retention, and Characteristics of Leavers.” The report was commissioned by the Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC), and examines the characteristics of students entering and leaving several Texas charter school networks, including KIPP. >
The KIPP Foundation announced today that it will partner with Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) in Belmont, CA in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students in the Bay Area and nationwide. Through this partnership, NDNU projects enrolling 15 KIPP students over the next two years and possibly more in future years. >
KIPP announced today that it will partner with Syracuse University to increase college completion rates for young people from low-income communities...Syracuse University is the thirteenth college in the nation to partner with KIPP. Syracuse hopes to recruit and enroll 15-20 qualified KIPP alumni beginning in the 2013-14 academic year and will meet the full financial need of all who matriculate into the university. >
Charlotte, N.C. – KIPP announced today that it will partner with Duke University and Davidson College to increase college completion rates for young people from low-income communities. >
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The KIPP Foundation announced today that it will partner with the University of Pennsylvania in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students nationwide. This is KIPP’s first college partnership with an Ivy League university, and its 10th partnership with an institution of higher learning since fall 2011. >
Dr. Bruce D. Baker’s new report for the NEPC, which received funding from foundations established by the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, compares per pupil expenditures at charter schools in Ohio, Texas, and New York City with district schools of similar size. >
The KIPP Foundation announced today that it will partner with Morehouse College and Spelman College in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students in Atlanta and nationwide. KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg is in Atlanta today to sign the partnership agreement on behalf of KIPP. These partnerships are the first in the nation between a charter school organization and a historically black college or university. >
In October 2011, a research team led by UT Austin professor Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig released a paper entitled “Is Choice a Panacea? An Analysis of Black Secondary Student Attrition from KIPP, Other Private Charters, and Urban Districts.” The paper looks at school districts and charter school networks in three cities where KIPP has schools: Houston, Dallas and Austin. UT Austin rereleased the report via press release on April 11, 2012. >
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 21, 2012 – KIPP (the Knowledge is Power Program) is launching its inaugural KIPP Leadership Design Fellowship (KLDF), an eight-month program that introduces public school administrators from districts and charter schools to KIPP’s leadership development model. >
COLUMBUS, OH, March 8, 2012 – The New Leaders’ Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) program announced today that KIPP Journey Academy in Columbus is the only school in Ohio, and one of 14 charter schools nationwide, to be honored this year with the prestigious EPIC award. >
HOUSTON, TX – March 6, 2012 – KIPP Houston announced today that Sehba Ali will become the network’s new superintendent in July 2012. She succeeds Mike Feinberg, KIPP’s co-founder, who will remain with KIPP to lead local and national external relations. >
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 29, 2011--Tulane University, KIPP New Orleans Schools, and the KIPP Foundation will sign an agreement today to enroll more graduates of KIPP K-12 schools at Tulane and facilitate their successful transition from high school through college. >
BENTONVILLE, ARK. – November 15, 2011 – With the goal of doubling the number of students who attend KIPP public charter schools across the country, the Walton Family Foundation announced today that it is investing $25.5 million in the KIPP Foundation over the next five years. >
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 6, 2011 – KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, announces that two Memphis educators have been selected to open new KIPP schools in Memphis in 2012. >