What Happened to the Students Who Began KIPP-Philly in 2003?
He started with 90 students in fifth grade.
KIPP promised that students who stuck with the “no-excuses” regimen would go to college.
Avi Wolfman-Arent of WHYY in Philadelphia tracked down 33 of those students to find out what happened to them.
The former KIPPsters are now about 25.
Of the 90, 25 dropped out in the first year of middle school.
The students entered a world of incentives and punishments, of strict rules administered strictly.
It wasn’t right for everyone.
Of the 90 students who enrolled in KIPP Philly’s first middle school class, about half were boys. By the time 8th grade graduation arrived, enrollment was whittled down to 34 students — and only 11 boys remained….
Almost none of the KIPP alumni we interviewed did four CONTINUE READING: What Happened to the Students Who Began KIPP-Philly in 2003? | Diane Ravitch's blog
