Rick Scott’s KIPP Schools Embarrassment Continues
Rick Scott sure made a big deal out of signing SB 736 at the Jacksonville KIPP school of one of his cronies. Too bad it turned out to be one of Florida’s 15 failing charter schools last year. Scott’s embarrassing moment is back in the news. It seems that Duval’s school board is strongly considering not approving their application to open more schools in their district. From Jeffrey Solocheck of Gradebook:
All over the country, the KIPP charter schools win accolades for their accomplishments as they take low income students and try to put them on a path toward success.
In Duval County, not so much.
Unimpressed with KIPP’s performance in Jacksonville — an F grade and declining student improvement, the Duval School Board is seriously considering not approving the charter group’s application to open more schools in the county, the Florida Times-Union reports.
“We can have a discussion on KIPP, but if we’re serious about our reading initiative, how do we