Founded in 1994 by two teachers (Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin), KIPP represents one of the most significant and high-profile efforts at comprehensive school reform in the United States. The KIPP schools did not begin as a comprehensive school reform movement, but over time they impacted the way both traditional and nontraditional educators approached schooling in urban contexts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)]
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