What a surprise -- the press just loves KIPP
KGO-TV is a-gush about KIPP schools:
Reporter Jennifer Olney does acknowledge that only half of KIPP's students make it from fifth to eighth grade, and I think this blog gets credit for forcing KIPP to be up front about that. They never mentioned it, and nobody ever seemed to ask, till we crunched the numbers on the California Department of Education website.
But Olney neglected to ask the next question, which was: what if the traditional public middle school down the street could also get rid of half its students, presumably the most-struggling half? Wouldn't its scores soar too?
We examine their remarkable progress in this Focus on Solutions report.
At a KIPP school, you'll see hands in the air and students paying close attention. There are high expectations, strict discipline and long hours. ...
KIPP schools are getting accolades all over the country.
Reporter Jennifer Olney does acknowledge that only half of KIPP's students make it from fifth to eighth grade, and I think this blog gets credit for forcing KIPP to be up front about that. They never mentioned it, and nobody ever seemed to ask, till we crunched the numbers on the California Department of Education website.
But Olney neglected to ask the next question, which was: what if the traditional public middle school down the street could also get rid of half its students, presumably the most-struggling half? Wouldn't its scores soar too?
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