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    <title>Young &quot;Financial Literacy Ambassadors&quot; Ready to &quot;Bootstrap&quot; East LA</title>
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    <title>Financial Literacy: A Kiddie Lesson in Money Matters</title>
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    <title>A Mural in East L.A. Paints History of Water in California</title>
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    <title>Press Release: KIPP LA Prep Academy Honored as a California Distinguished School</title>
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    <title>A habit of learning about money early - Marketplace (APR)</title>
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    <title>What Makes Charter Schools So Special? - Fox 11 News</title>
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    <title>Photo Release: Corporate Executives and local students decorate quilts and pillows aimed at comforting ill children at Children&apos;s Hospital Los Angeles</title>
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    <title>Reforming Education Through Investment</title>
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    <title>Davis Guggenheim, Looking For A Hero At Your House - NPR</title>
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    <title>What Makes a School Great: A Call to Action for Public Schools - TIME Magazine</title>
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    <title>Press Release: KIPP LA Prep Middle School Vaults To #2 in the Los Angeles Unified School District</title>
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    <title>The Time to Learn: KIPP Schools Show What a Longer School Day Offers - Washington Post</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;A new report documents again that middle school students in the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) outperform their counterparts in traditional public schools -- and debunks some of the arguments often used to discount KIPP&apos;s success...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <title>KIPP Middle Schools Found to Spur Learning Gains - Education Week</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Students’ gains in mathematics after three years in a charter school run by the Knowledge Is Power Program, or KIPP, are large enough in about half of schools to significantly narrow race- and income-based achievement gaps among students, according to a study of 22 KIPP middle schools nationwide...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Angella Martinez, School Leader for KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory School (KIPP LA Prep) has been awarded the New Leaders Council’s (NLC) 40 Under 40 Leadership Award for her leadership in elevating KIPP LA Prep to one of the top 10 middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. KIPP LA Prep is located in Boyle Heights, with a student population that is 94 percent Latino, and 95 percent of its students qualify for the federal free and reduced lunch program...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;For Pan American Bank, kindergarten is when financial literacy training should begin. On Tuesday, the bank, with ties to the community that go back nearly half a century, kicked off a campaign to provide over 14,000 children and parents with a financial education at the KIPP Raices Academy public charter school in East Los Angeles...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Pan American Bank launched a financial literacy program at KIPP Ra&#xed;ces Academy in April. The program, which includes providing students $5 each in college savings accounts, teaches students and families about financial planning and wealth accumulation.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;School districts nationwide are trimming funds, for custodians to school supplies, to address widening budget gaps. Even public schools in affluent communities such as Mill Valley, California, and Scarsdale, New York, are scrambling to make ends meet...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Our KIPP cousins at TEAM Schools in Newark, NJ, were featured on the CBS Evening News last week. Click the link to watch the video.]]></description>
    
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    <title>Education Reform, One Classroom at a Time - Washington Post</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP is highlighted as an organization that employs dedicated, talented teachers in this op-ed Melinda Gates wrote about teacher quality.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[This article from Bloomberg.com tells the story of KIPP&apos;s origins and highlights some of what makes KIPP successful.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[As part of a special report on charter schools, the Los Angeles Times compared charters&apos; student achievement results with those of magnet schools and traditional public schools. KIPP is highlighted as being among the highest achieving charter school networks in Los Angeles.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[When the Los Angeles Wave visited KIPP Academy of Opportunity, they found students and teacher working hard all day, in pursuit of higher learning.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP LA&apos;s own KIPP Academy of Opportunity is featured in this NBC Nightly News report, which highlights KIPP as a network of public charter schools &quot;being praised as an example of what works in education reform.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Erin Chapman, an eighth-grade student at KIPP LA&apos;s own KIPP Academy of Opportunity, films a typical school day -- starting at 5:45 a.m.]]></description>
    
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    <title>Who Will Pay for More School Time? - ABC 7</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In this ABC 7 segment, KIPP LA Prep was featured as a high-achieving school where students spend more time in the classroom -- learning, engaging in enrichment activities, and preparing for college.]]></description>
    
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    <title>Press Release: KIPP LA Schools Ranked in Top 20 Percent of LA Unified Middle Schools on 2009 Tests</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP LA schools are highlighted as &quot;some of the highest-performing charters&quot; in Los Angeles.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;With the effects of the ongoing budget cuts still to be determined, local charter schools appear to have weathered the storm that has hit their traditional public school neighbors... For Marcia Aaron, executive director of KIPP L.A. Schools, the current budget conflict has allowed the charter management company to &apos;cut back on the small things that add up over time.&apos;&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Eye On L.A.&quot; visits KIPP LA Prep to find out what students think about Revolution Foods&apos; school lunches in a profile of the company and its healthy in-school lunch program.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;One of the nation&apos;s most highly praised charter-school operators has landed another sizable donation to open more campuses in the Los Angeles area...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;One of the nation’s most highly praised charter-school operators has landed another sizable donation to open campuses in the Los Angeles area...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP LA Prep celebrated the Grand Opening of its new home in Boyle Heights with a ceremony that included remarks by Councilmember Jos&#xe9; Huizar and Los Angeles Unified School Board President M&#xf3;nica Garc&#xed;a.]]></description>
    
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    <title>Press Release: KIPP School to Celebrate Opening in Boyle Heights</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;KIPP LA Schools, the operator of three high-performing KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) schools in Los Angeles, will host a Grand Opening for the new long-term home of KIPP LA Prep on Wednesday, February 25 at 8:30 am at 2810 Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90023...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;A growing network of academically oriented charter schools that has made its mark by serving disadvantaged middle school students is working to adapt its rigorous approach to fit its newest clientele: 4- and 5-year-olds...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;When KIPP Academy of Opportunity director Ian Guidera brought 12 of his students to Washington to see Barack Obama sworn-in as the 44th President he decided to use the trip as an opportunity to teach the students about the importance of strong leadership.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Getting fifth graders to think about college seems a little goofy. But it&apos;s key to the prospects of the next generation...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;That it wasn&apos;t going to be an ordinary field trip was apparent from the moment that 12 students from the KIPP Academy of Opportunity in south Los Angeles, plus leaders of the charter school, stepped on to a Metrobus headed downtown to the Lincoln Memorial...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP co-founders Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin offer suggestions for education policy reform to President-elect Barack Obama and his Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan in this Washington Post op-ed.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Virgin America and Washington-area resident Mary Warfield are helping make possible a trip to the Obama Inauguration for 12 lucky KIPP Academy of Opportunity students.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;When Nasser Baker&apos;s mother received a call from his school this month and began jumping and screaming, he thought she had seen a spider. But when he learned that his South Los Angeles charter school [KIPP Academy of Opportunity] had chosen him as one of 12 students headed to Washington, D.C., for the presidential inauguration, 10-year-old Nasser started jumping up and down too...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;KIPP Raices Academy, East Los Angeles’ newest elementary school, celebrated its grand opening today with student recitals, songs and tours for parents and community members...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP co-founder Dave Levin talks to the satirical political pundit Stephen Colbert about what makes KIPP schools so successful.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;For many children, it’s just another long summer day. But for the kindergarteners at KIPP Ra&#xed;ces Academy in East Los Angeles, today is the first day of school—and the start of a whole new way of learning...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;In a nation that aspires to be a land of opportunity for all, about half of low-income students will graduate from college. Those who do graduate perform, on average, at an eighth grade level. And fewer than 1 in 10 low-income students will graduate from college. It doesn&apos;t have to be this way.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) awarded Aaronthomas Green of the KIPP Academy of Opportunity Middle School in South Los Angeles with the Excellence in Teaching Award at a the ceremony on July 31...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Educators argue often whether their work should be judged by test scores. There are thoughtful people on both sides of the debate. We journalists tend to focus on exam results because so many of our readers say that is what they want, and such information is relatively easy to get from regular public schools.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Susan Schaeffler was turning 30 when she founded the first Knowledge Is Power Program school in the District of Columbia. She knew she’d be getting married soon and starting a family. So from her first day on the job in 2001, she hired teachers with an eye to their leadership potential. The strategy paid off when teacher Sarah Hayes became the school’s vice principal and then its principal when Ms. Schaeffler gave birth a few years later.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP Academy of Opportunity is a &quot;success story even among other high-quality charter schools,&quot; reports So Cal News&apos; Jean Carpenter, after a visit to the school in February.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Charter schools -- public schools that have been exempted from selected state and local regulations -- are changing the competitive landscape of American elementary, middle and high schools.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Twelve years ago, Rocio Mendoza entered KIPP Academy as a fifth-grader in Houston. Her parents, who emigrated from Mexico, did not have the opportunity to attend college. This past June, Rocio graduated from Stanford University and now works at a Houston law firm.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Arts and education philanthropist Eli Broad today will announce his largest investment to date in Los Angeles charter schools, $23.3 million to jump-start at least 17 new campuses run by two major charter-school organizations.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP Academy of Opportunity&apos;s academic successes are highlighted in this article about the grassroots education reform movement in the United States.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;We hear plenty on the woeful state of American public schools, but this morning a true success story and one that provides a reality check for any family with hopes of sending kids to college. It is called the Knowledge is Power Program, or KIPP, and - it&apos;s a small network of charter schools...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), to cite one example, is a charter school network that has consistently gotten extraordinary academic results from low-income students. It has worked in cities big and small, and in rural areas.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger toured KIPP Adelante Prep in San Diego, where he signed a bill that will allow the state to hand out funds for facilities to charter schools that serve low-income students.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[NPR&apos;s &quot;News and Notes&quot; delved into the issue of how parents can select good schools for their children, featuring a discussion with KIPP Academy of Opportunity Founder Mikelle Willis and two other education professionals.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;The first thing I noticed about the KIPP School Summit, the annual meeting of the country&apos;s most intriguing public school network, was the food. It was cheap, simple and abundant -- potato chips, popcorn, corn chips, juice bars, hamburgers and fajitas available outside the many meeting rooms last week. This was fuel for teachers half my age, about 1,200 of them, nearly all in their 20s and early 30s.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Six Los Angeles County charter schools are among 39 in California to receive new &apos;certified&apos; status, a process similar to accreditation aimed at ensuring these schools meet high academic standards.&quot; KIPP LA Prep and KIPP Academy of Opportunity are two of the six.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[KIPP Academy of Opportunity &quot;is sending students next fall to such local day schools as Harvard-Westlake&apos;s North Hollywood campus, Chadwick on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, and the Archer School for Girls in Brentwood.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;The Knowledge is Power Program — the much-touted national charter school network born in Houston more than a decade ago — will unveil a $100 million plan today to expand its number of schools here fivefold, creating a system that could rival the Houston Independent School District.&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Columnist Katherine Kersten argues that character education is key to eliminating the achievement gap. The KIPP model&apos;s success, she writes, shows how effective character education is.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[NPR examines a simple education reform idea that has recently gained more traction: extending the school day and year. Abramson speaks with students and teachers at KIPP Ujima Village about the benefits of KIPP&apos;s extended academic program.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[New York Times Magazine editor Paul Tough explores why an achievement gap exists between African-American and white students, and between rich and poor children. He argues that KIPP schools have had the most success in narrowing this gap.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;NPR&apos;s Cory Turner visited one such school in Los Angeles to find out how it&apos;s taken some of the city&apos;s lowest achieving kids and turned them into the best and brightest...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;Ask Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin what drove them to write one of the greatest educational success stories in recent times, and their answer seems reasonable enough: &apos;ignorance.&apos; Except that the ignorance they speak of wasn&apos;t that of their students; it was their own. &apos;We didn&apos;t know what we didn&apos;t know,&apos; says Feinberg. &apos;No one said how impossible this was going to be.&apos; That&apos;s a good thing...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;The Knowledge Is Power Program, called KIPP (rhymes with hip), appears to be the most interesting and successful attempt so far to raise the achievement of low-income, minority children.&quot;]]></description>
    
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