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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would have absolutely  no hesitation for my child to be the only white kid.

I would have absolutely 100% hesitation to ever send my child to a KIPP school.  I taught in one for years.  Don't do it.  [/quote]

Can you explain why not?[/quote]

Kids call it the 'kids in prison program'
They, like many charters, will kick kids out for any and everything, if they even let them in - IEP, 504, first strike you're out even with menial absurd inconsequential rules like chewing gum.

They're all there for the numbers.  "We sent 100% of our kids to college!" but really they boot out all the kids who won't get in  :roll:

http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/03/why-students-call-kipp-kids-in-prison.html

http://debsedstudies.org/knowledge-is-power-but-at-a-cost-kipp-cmo-report/

https://educationvotes.nea.org/2017/03/07/5-reasons-charter-schools-bad-news-students/[/quote]

This is a hilarious cherry-picking of thoroughly anti-charter (not just anti-KIPP) perspectives. If you are thinking that a KIPP school might be right for your kid (white, black, low-income, high-income, whatever) you should visit the school. I taught in KIPP schools for many, many years and the schools I taught in are not the same today as they were a decade ago. [b]KIPP DC runs some of the most joyful programs I've been in (in my current role) and their reputation has yet to catch up with their reality. Don't believe the hype - go see it for yourself[/b].[/quote]

Thanks for saying that. My child has been at KIPP DC for years and we both love it. Kiddo loves going to school, other kids are happy to be there, and the teachers are AMAZING - I have no idea how they recruit them, but my child has had the best teacher ever - every single year for 7 years now. The bar has gotten REALLY high because it just gets better every year.[/quote]

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