Whitney Tilson's School Reform Blog: KIPP and other visits

Posting the photos from KSS on my Picasaweb site got me poking around, seeing how many photos and web pages I've posted of my visits to KIPP and other schools over the past five years. It's quite a shocking number – like I said, I'm a real KIPP junkie. Here are the links:

· Visits to various charter schools in Sept. 2009 (incl. KIPP Philadelphia, Polaris, Voyage, Zenith (all 3 in Houston), KIPP Sunshine Peak (Denver), KIPP Denver Collegiate HS, KIPP Ascend (Chicago), KIPP Lynn (MA), KIPP South Fulton, KIPP Ways and KIPP STRIVE (all 3 in Atlanta), plus YES College Prep in Houston and two charter schools in Buffalo): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/CharterSchoolVisits909?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKGnsje_quUrwE

· KIPP Austin: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/KIPPAustin?authkey=Gv1sRgCJCOh6Wxyf2zuAE

· KIPP School Summit, 2009: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/KIPPSummit809?authkey=Gv1sRgCMji6Zfg2faxTQ

· KIPP NY concert, April 2009: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/KIPPConcert?authkey=Gv1sRgCPG2ncfql9naogE

· KIPP McDonough 15, Central City and Believe (New Orleans): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/NewOrleansKIPPs?authkey=Gv1sRgCKG-oaLnrLX_qQE

· KIPP NY concert, April 2008: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/KIPPConcert08?authkey=Gv1sRgCKXFtuSNv4PCbQ

Plus here are photos from other charter schools I've visited:

· The Equity Project (NYC): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/TheEquityProject?authkey=Gv1sRgCL_nmOyk1NDa0gE

· Frederick Douglass Academy (NYC; not a charter school): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/FDA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMuF4MX63-G_Uw

· Excel Academy (Boston): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/ExcelAcademy?authkey=Gv1sRgCLWlwZfp9NjT9wE

· Achievement First (New Haven): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/AchievementFirst?authkey=Gv1sRgCLmRiordp_iaCA

· Uplift Education (Dallas): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/Uplift?authkey=Gv1sRgCL7E2rGyr4qxNA

· Larchmont (LA): https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/Larchmont?authkey=Gv1sRgCKi-tZic5aHp5wE

· Harlem Success lottery, April 2008: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/HarlemSuccessLottery?authkey=Gv1sRgCOSSisL_k5CeKw

· President Bush at Harlem Village Academy: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/PresBushAtHarlemVillageAcademy?authkey=Gv1sRgCL__pf-n_pqmrgE

· Visit to Harlem Success, Sept. 2007: www.tilsonfunds.com/Personal/HarlemSuccess (it's a password protected site; the user name is tilson and the password is funds)

· Visit to KIPP Academy (Bronx), Dec. 2006: www.tilsonfunds.com/Personal/KIPP (user name is tilson and the password is funds)

· Visit to KIPP AMP (Brooklyn), Dec. 2006: www.tilsonfunds.com/Personal/KIPPAMP (user name is tilson and the password is funds)

· Visits to five Newark charter schools (KIPP Rise, KIPP TEAM, two North Star Academies, and the Greater Newark Charter School), Sept. 2006: www.tilsonfunds.com/Personal/Newarkcharters (user name is tilson and the password is funds)

Plus here are other pics:

· Pics from Teach for America's 20^th Anniversary Summit in Feb. 2011: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/TFA20?authkey=Gv1sRgCNSLjbSC0KCfKg

· Charter school rally outside the hearings held by Sen. Bill Perkins, April 22, 2010: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/CharterSchoolRallyOutsideTheHearingsHeldBySenBillPerkinsApril222010?authkey=Gv1sRgCJW9-4elmOX7Lg

· The NY premiere of A Right Denied, April 7, 2010: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/NYPremiere?authkey=Gv1sRgCJCwxfX1zJe7yQE

· The NY premiere of The Lottery, April 29, 2010: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/TheLottery?authkey=Gv1sRgCIu05o_DnPDYNg

· Parental choice rally in Floria, April 2007: https://picasaweb.google.com/WTilson/ParentalChoiceRallyInFlorida?authkey=Gv1sRgCOyjgoKUrPDAFw