A nice article about KIPP's growth plans:

KIPP Schools Shift Strategy for Scaling Up

By Erik W. Robelen

Education Week, 4/12/06

www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/04/12/31kipp.h25.html?levelId=1000

The Knowledge Is Power Program, or KIPP, a widely touted network of mostly charter schools that targets low-income communities, is adjusting both its growth and leadership-training strategies as it ramps up its work around the country.

As part of those changes, the San Francisco-based nonprofit organization this week was expected to announce plans to move its leadership program to Stanford University from the University of California, Berkeley, where it’s been housed for six years...