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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ796151
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-9664
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Brand-Name Charters
Bennett, Julie
Education Next, v8 n3 p28-34 Sum 2008
KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) offers training for teachers designed to turn them into school principals with an entrepreneur's skill set. Teacher Jason Singer underwent KIPP training and now recruits 5th-grade students for the charter middle school he opened. KIPP, which was founded in 1994 by Teach For America alums Michael Feinberg and David Lenin, is one of the for-profit education management organizations (EMOs) that has joined the charter school movement. This article examines various business strategies adopted by these EMOs to expand.
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Principals, Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Middle Schools, Governance, Strategic Planning, Educational Innovation, Urban Schools, High Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Quality, School Community Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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