Back in the Day
What was the grade level of focus for the Knowledge Is Power Program in 1994?
What is 5th Grade?
The largest percentage of schools in the KIPP network are ___.
What are Elementary Schools?
Doris and Don Fisher, whose support launched the KIPP Foundation, co-founded this clothing company.
What is Gap?
KIPP retired this famous four-word slogan in 2020.
What is "Work Hard. Be Nice."
KIPP homerooms are traditionally named after these, to keep the end goal in sight.
What are colleges and universities?
In 1995, KIPP opened its first two charter middle schools: one in Houston and one in this city.
How many students are currently enrolled in KIPP schools across the network?
What are 120,000?
This TV newsmagazine’s 1999 segment on KIPP is widely seen as the network’s tipping point.
What is 60 Minutes?
How many alumni does KIPP have?
What is 94,000?
This five-letter acronym told KIPPsters how to sit and pay attention.
What is SLANT (Sit up, Listen, Ask and answer questions, Nod, Track the speaker)
In what year was the KIPP Foundation established?
What is 2000?
How many US states have KIPP schools (not including DC)?
What is 19?
Which national bestseller says KIPP students spend 60% more “time on task” than other students?
What is Outliers?
Fill in the blank: KIPP students are nearly __x as likely to earn a bachelor’s degree as their peers in the lowest-income quartile, according to Pell Institute data.
What is 3x?
Students, families, and teachers each signed this pledge.
What is the Commitment to Excellence form?
Name at least two of the three cities where the first Fisher Fellows opened KIPP schools.
What are Washington, DC; Houston, TX; Gaston, NC?
How many schools are in the KIPP network for 2026–27?
What is 271?
KIPP’s name comes from a chant written by this Houston teacher.
Who is Harriett Ball?
According to a 2023 Mathematica report, if KIPP’s impact were scaled nationwide, it would be large enough to close the degree completion gap for this student group.
What are Black students?
Rather than by entry year, KIPP classes are often identified this way.
What is the year they'll graduate college?
KIPP’s very first class of fifth graders was housed inside this Houston elementary school.
What is Garcia Elementary?
The exact number of fifth graders in KIPP’s first class in 1994.
What is 47?
This Los Angeles teacher, whose classroom inspired the founders, wrote a book whose title became a KIPP mantra.
Who is Rafe Esquith (“There Are No Shortcuts”)?
A 2011 KIPP report found that roughly this share of its earliest middle school graduates had earned a college degree, a finding that reshaped KIPP’s college support work.
What is 1/3?
This weekly system let students “earn” money based on behavior and work habits.
What is the KIPP Paycheck.