External Environment Social. KIPP Houston serves students in high-minority‚ low-income communities. KIPP’s leaders actively recruit students from Houston’s low rent apartment neighborhoods. Of the 8‚500 students‚ 85 percent are considered low income‚ 36 percent are African-American‚ 62 percent are Latino‚ and 30 percent have limited English proficiency. Many of these students come from immigrant households‚ single-parents‚ or full-time working parents with multiple jobs. This family situation becomes
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I came to KIPP during the middle of my 8th grade year. From the moment I stepped foot into KIPP Academy Middle School‚ I absolutely hated it. I was used to something completely different to what I had just arrived to: from the school size‚ the students‚ and the teachers. I felt like I was in a whole different world. Moving to KIPP was one of the biggest changes my 13-year-old self had gone through. I came from a relatively big school composed of only 7th and 8th graders to a school with only 2 hallways
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This research paper talks about how KIPP student do better than kids who attend regular classes. It has that main focus because it shows how the KIPP students have better testing scores then the kids that attend regular school‚ because they spend more time in school and spend more time in their classes then non KIPP schools. I think that’s why they have better test scores than others. The author got some information off the student named Marita’s he would see how she would work throughout the days
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I think a hero to me would be my parents and Kalei Kipp. I think my parents are hero worthy because they constantly put themselves aside for me and my other two sisters. My parents names are Heidi and Jody Ingle. They have been together since 5th grade‚ but they didn’t actually start dating until their freshman year‚ shortly after graduation they were married. They always ask if we need money or anything for the sports we play‚ we are always the top priority. I do feel bad sometimes because I know
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Jeffrey Jordan‚ Michael Joseph Jackson. Were either of these people unsuccessful... or... uneducated? All I’m saying is that‚ If there was a family tree hard work and education would be related‚ But school would probably be a distant cousin‚ Because if education is the key‚ School is the lock‚ Because it rarely ever develops your mind to the point where it can perceive red as green and continue to go when someone else said stop. Because as long as you follow the rules and pass exams
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Charter schools are public schools that operate under a “charter” or contract that is between the school and its approving agency. The charter imposed allows for more balanced building autonomy and site-based management to meet the academic needs of the student population in which the school will serve. This autonomy allows the school to have authorship on budget‚ personnel selected‚ and the curriculum. A lot of charter schools do not have zoning limitations‚ so students attend the school by choice
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Schoolhouse or Home School? What do George Washington and the Hanson brothers have in common? Do you give up? Well‚ the answer is that both of them were educated in their homes. Queen Elizabeth‚ Thomas Edison‚ and Theodore Roosevelt were also educated at home. According to the Home Education Research Institute‚ 1.5 million students are staying home for class today. This number is five times more than ten years ago (Kantrow and Wingert 66). This trend leads to many questions. Does home school education
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Traditional school institution displays their school-related racism through their own White teachers’ negative attitudes and behaviors‚ disproportionate placement of Black children in special education classes‚ and a disproportionate number of Black students in school punishments. In this case‚ traditional school teachers have "many racist stereotypes and attitudes that have been ingrained in them‚ in particular‚ the notions that Blacks lack intelligence or that Blacks are notoriously lazy and bent
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5-1-2011 Against School-Engaging The Text 1. Question: Why does Gatto think that school is boring and childish? How does Gatto’s depiction of school compare with your own elementary and secondary school experience? Answer: Gatto thinks school is boring because the teachers and students are bored with material. The students say they already know the material. I can compare my school experience to Gatto’s depiction of school. My experience in elementary was a breeze and easy. Then I entered
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The American School System Education is what keeps a society thriving; it’s what enables a society to thrive and create productive individuals who can keep the educational process on-going. The whole purpose of education is to enlighten us with truths‚ and create knowledgeable people. We must ask ourselves‚ what is the point of creating knowledgeable people? We answer this with a question in return; where would we be without knowledgeable people? In The Republic‚ Plato extensively analyzes
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