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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because they are set up to compensate for not having the structure and resources that UMC parents have. UMC parents don't need school till 5 p.m., rigidity on how you move, walk and required family participation.[/quote]
Basically, this.  I'd add that most MC/UMC parents don't -want- their kids in such highly regimented environments, and they often aren't necessary because the kids already have sufficient structure, stability, and parental involvement in education.  What KIPP does well is provide structure and high expectations for kids who might not otherwise have that, either at school or at home.  [/quote]

Disagree. The parents I know who send their kids to KIPP (or might) absolutely have high expectations for their kids. That's why they send them to KIPP.  It's absolutely false that only UMC parents have structure and expectations in DC.  [/quote]
I don't mean necessarily from parents, but if you think your neighborhood school is dysfunctional, one of the forms that might take is that the teachers and admin have lower expectations for what the kids can do.  Or the other students in the school have parents with low expectations.  KIPP is a corrective to that.  [/quote]

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