I stand corrected -- the NY Times did, in fact, have an article about the big news from KIPP in Houston.  You do have to wonder, though, why the writer basically completely ignored the fact that KIPP is doing similarly amazing things right in the New York Times's backyard (other than this sentence: "Mr. Levin now supervises the four KIPP schools in New York.").  Don't you think this story might have mentioned that the KIPP schools in NYC are achieving similarly spectacular results and, like Houston, have raised tens of millions of dollars to fund a major expansion that will include over the next few years four elementary schools, 1-2 high schools and a pioneering teacher training institute?

 

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March 21, 2007

Charter Group Will Enroll More Pupils in Houston

By TAMAR LEWIN

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/us/21charter.html

The Knowledge Is Power Program, a charter school network widely praised for its results with low-income students in its 52 schools nationwide, yesterday announced a $100 million plan, financed by private donations, to expand its Houston operations over the next decade to serve about 10 percent of the city’s public school population.