Schools Matter: KIPPster Jay Mathews, Practiced in the Art of Deception

Schools Matter: KIPPster Jay Mathews, Practiced in the Art of Deception:

KIPPster Jay Mathews, Practiced in the Art of Deception

by Jim Horn

Leader Feinberg

That's a line from the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," of course.  If Jay could get what he wants, it would be a KIPP in every black or brown community of America, where Alpha male CEO "school leaders," with  shaved heads, white shirts, and bad attitudes ride herd on a clueless group of white female TFA "corp members," who were successfully brainwashed during the 6 weeks of basic teacher training to run themselves and their students into the ground if the Fisher-trained school leader commands it.  Whatever is good for the Family.

If Jay is not already part of the Family, he is trying hard to prove his worth.  In his latest celebration of the final installment of the Mathematical KIPP study, he begins by making stuff up, i. e., lying:

The $4 million study was paid for by the Atlantic Philanthropies, which focuses on improving the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people. It will not be the last word on KIPP and other organizations that employ strong principals, creative teacher teams, extra time and strong rules of behavior. But the report provides more data for those of us arguing about this, and sheds new light on what works and doesn’t work at KIPP.

Fact: The only, though substantial, donation to KIPP from Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) was in 2006 for $14+ million. And AP never commissioned a KIPP study from Mathematica. To say this study was paid for by AP is simply untrue. KIPP