Latest Knowledge Is Power Program Stories
William Esping: "Our foundation believes KIPP DFW's focus on results, emphasis on leadership development, and commitment to excellence will make for a great partnership." DALLAS, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Esping Family Foundation has awarded a five year, one million dollar pace-setting grant to support KIPP Dallas-Fort Worth's (KIPP DFW) Capacity Building Program in southern Dallas. The Capacity Building Program is part of KIPP DFW's larger effort to expand to 10...
Classroom management system rewards good choices, engages students, families and teachers LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KIPP LA middle schools have a powerful tool in a behavior-tracking app that helps reward students for good choices and build a school culture that supports learning. LiveSchool automates paperwork-heavy behavior tracking systems with a school-wide platform that makes sharing information and enforcing consistent rules and rewards easy. The app is...
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveSchool Inc. has raised $1.65 million to expand development and marketing of its real-time behavior tracking application already used by 45 schools in 15 states. "The research is in," said LiveSchool CEO Matt Rubinstein. "When student behavior improves, scores go up. Schools across the country are looking for tools to help track and improve behavior." Both the problem and LiveSchool's solution caught the attention of Nashville...
Policy perspective explains public school funding in Texas; findings include that total public funding favors Houston Independent School District over KIPP Houston and YES Prep Charter School Districts HOUSTON, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) today released the Houston School Finance Report (HSFR), a policy paper that explains the levels and sources of school funding and expenditures for three school districts in Houston, Texas:...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- KIPP Summit Academy, a San Lorenzo, CA middle school, has completed several projects with the energy and environmental firm Carbon Lighthouse to profitably eliminate its building's entire carbon footprint. Carbon Lighthouse conducted a comprehensive energy study at Summit Academy, collecting more than 100,000 data points on building lighting levels, temperature, and electrical current for five weeks. Carbon Lighthouse used that...
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Struggling readers enrolled at KIPP Academy charter school in the Bronx made significant gains during a two-month pilot of the READ 180® program last spring. After just nine weeks enrolled in READ 180 classes in May and June, 22 percent of students made the equivalent of two years' worth of growth in reading, and nearly 50 percent of students made the equivalent of at least a year's worth of growth. (Logo:...
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation is releasing a series of case studies that examine five school and charter management operators' implementation of blended learning. As the education reform landscape evolves, blended learning is becoming more and more relevant to schools across the country. "Blending learning has the potential to support teachers in delivering individualized instruction to students by combining traditional...
William Marble Kipp II and Friends Join the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation's Army of Alliance Partners SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Like many who rushed to Silicon Valley's Internet gold rush, William Marble Kipp II found fame fast and furious. First as an innovator in the early 1990's at Google, then launching his own renewable energy enterprise, nothing could stop this passionate 42-year-old trailblazer. (Logo:...
Conclusions illustrate complexities of analyzing student achievement Closing the academic gaps in performance among students from diverse backgrounds is a challenge for schools and a mandate from the government. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has prompted schools and school districts to re-examine elements that impact student achievements. A study completed by a recent graduate from University of Houston's Executive Education Doctorate in Professional Leadership suggests that...
BAODING, China and WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", teamed up with its partner the U.S. Soccer Federation to announce the formation of Yingli Green Energy's nationwide PASS program in...
