KIPP San Antonio News Articles

First Class From KIPP Aspire Academy Graduates

86 Percent Of Students Headed To College

Founding Class of KIPP Students Commit to College

Ceremony Held at Trinity University

KIPP San Antonio receives $2.5 million grant

KIPP San Antonio's grant is highest ever awarded by Brackenridge foundation.

KIPP Aspire Teacher featured on KSAT news

Edward DeLeon, 8th Grade teacher at KIPP Aspire Academy and a graduate of the KIPP Houston system, was featured on the KSAT news.

KIPP San Antonio on Telemundo

Charter school aces TAKS test first year

After operating just one year, KIPP University Prep High School has evidence it's on the right track.

Study Supports KIPP Success

National study by independent non-profit research group finds that gains by KIPP's students are positive and statistically signficant

KIPP University Prep is "changing lives in first year"

SA Express-News recognizes the life transforming changes that are taking place at KIPP University Prep High School

KIPP San Antonio a finalist for HEB Excellence in Education Award

The H-E-B's Excellence in Education Awards is the largest monetary recognition program for schools and educators in the state.

Hutchison and Bush Visit KIPP Aspire Academy

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison unveils her education plan at KIPP Aspire Academy

KIPP Schools Designated as a Platinum Brand

An article on bloomberg.com highlights the success that KIPP is having on urban education throughout the country.

KIPP Aspire Academy 7th Grader Seeks Award

Becomes a semi-finalist for the 2010 Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars program

KIPP Featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

Great Expectations:KIPP Schools close the achievment gap. As a new study shows students in public charter schools making monmumental in narrowing the achievement gap in reading and math, the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) in particular is being praised as an example for what works in education reform.

KIPP Aspire Academy Named a San Antonio Top-10 School

The Houston-based advocacy group Children at Risk ranked San Antonio-area schools on factors ranging from test scores to class size. Here are the Top 10 schools in the middle school category.

KIPP Featured on MSNBC Town Hall

KIPP was featured in a live education show on MSNBC called "About Our Children...," which was hosted by Bill Cosby and MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard.

KIPP U-Prep featured on KSAT News

More than 80 students wearing shirts emblazoned with ?Be the Change? are the Class of 2013, the first freshman class at KIPP University Prep High School located at what once was St. John the Evangelist Catholic School at 128 S. Audubon.

KIPP Aspire's Gowen receives National Teaching Award

KIPP Aspire Academy teacher Jay Gowen received a $10,000 Excellence in Teaching Award at an award ceremony in Orlando, FL. Over 1,700 educators from 19 states attended the ceremony to honor excellence in teaching and learning.