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KIPP schools have attracted national attention due to the success of our innovative and effective educational practices with students from under-resourced communities. Locally, the Washington Post regularly publishes articles about KIPP schools in and around the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

August 7, 2008 

AAAS Trains Leaders in Local Science Education
June 27, 2008

Washington, DC, students have breakfast with a legend
April 3, 2008

Track to Success
The Columbus Dispatch
March 3, 2008

Outside Help for Schools Possible; D.C. Contacts Private Groups To Aid Ailing Sites
The Washington Post
February 28, 2008

Seeking a 'Gold Standard' in D.C. Charter Education
The Washington Post
November 19, 2007

KIPP DC: KEY Academy Teacher Mekia Love Named a 2007 American Star of Teaching
Congratulations 2007 American Stars of Teaching Charter School Teachers
Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
November 15, 2007

KIPP DC: KEY Academy Named a Blue Ribbon School
Secretary Spellings Names 287 U.S. Schools as 2007 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools
October 2, 2007

Inside the KIPP School Summit
The Washington Post
August 7, 2007

Guest Column by Bill Gates: Getting Our Children Ready for School, College and Work
The Seattle Times
November 15, 2006

Schools the City Can Build On; As another year gets underway, system looks to use 3 campuses as models for improvement
The Washington Post
August 29, 2006

Board Approves Alliance Of Public, Charter School
The Washington Post
June 15, 2006

KIPP DC FOUNDER TO APPEAR ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION T.V. BROADCAST IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
May 15, 2006

KIPP DC on The Oprah Winfrey Show
April 7, 2006

A Miracle in the Making?; KIPP turns its efforts toward elementary schools
The Washington Post
April 2, 2006

Effective Use of Extended School Time
In February,KIPP DC Founder Susan Schaeffler participated in a panel discussion at the Center for American Progress on Extending School Time to Improve Learning Outcomes.
March 8, 2006

International Press Event Sponsored by KEY Academy
KIPP DC: KEY Academy was the host and one of three Washington DC public charter schools chosen to participate in an international press event in conjunction with the United States State Department.
March 8, 2006

Susan Schaeffler is Aspen Institute Scholar
In Fall of 2005 Susan Schaeffler, KIPP DC's Executive Director, attended the Aspen Institute's prestigious executive leadership training seminar.
March 8, 2006

KEY Academy Featured in Book Mayhem in the Middle
KEY Academy is featured in the book Mayhem in the Middle as one of two examples of impressive middle schools that work and that debunk the status-quo.
March 8, 2006

Outstanding Student Performance
KIPP DC: KEY Academy is the highest performing middle school in the District of Columbia. According to the percent of students scoring proficient or higher on the Stanford-9 exam, our students have outperformed every DC Public middle school in combined math and reading scores. Our students also outperformed every DC Public Charter school in every indicator on the Stanford-9 exam in the spring of 2004.
February 21, 2006

High Scores Fail to Clear Obstacles to KIPP Growth
Susan Schaeffler turned a small program in an Anacostia church basement into the District's highest-achieving public middle school, but she is having trouble opening more schools with the same successful formula.
January 31, 2006

Charter Schools Expand in Several New Directions
Mornings at the summer program at one of the District's newest public charter schools typically began with the principal, Khala Johnson, striding down the aisles between tables in the cafeteria/auditorium/gym commanding the students to get funky. "Give me a beat!" she shouted, her shoulder-length dreadlocks shaking.
August 25, 2005

No Shortcuts
KIPP DC students spend twice as many hours on the basics, and it shows.
KIPP DC: Key Academy, a middle school in a poor neighborhood in southeast Washington D.C., is no model of racial integration. Last year it didn't have a single white student. This year it has one. But the absence of white pupils certainly doesn't hamper the progress of its overwhelmingly black, low-income students and isn't something the staff and students would seem to have the time to worry about.
November 10, 2003

Braving Disney
Reggie Jones approaches the entrance to a ride called Dinosaur with his usual trepidation. We've been at Disney World for three days on a fifth-grade class trip, and Reggie, one of three boys I am chaperoning, has refused to board many of the rides. He's almost 11, but he frightens easily. The other boys have teased him mercilessly for his lack of bravery.
November 9, 2003