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EDITORIAL: Just do it: KIPP wants more students.(Editorial)
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Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
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October 10, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Daily Oklahoman. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Oct. 10--Go ahead and tell Mike Feinberg no. He won't let someone else's doubt stand in the way of better educating children. Neither should our communities.
Feinberg is co-founder of a network of schools called KIPP, which stands for the Knowledge is Power Program. The name is pretty self-explanatory: Help kids living in mostly poor communities get a college-preparatory education that cements the foundation for a better future. The tactics aren't revolutionary. Above all else, hard work will get you where you want to go. And yet KIPP and its leaders are nothing short of visionary.
Oklahoma City has been home to a KIPP middle school, KIPP Reach College Preparatory, ...
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