Kipp Houston Case Study

External Environment Social. KIPP Houston serves students in high-minority, low-income communities. KIPP’s leaders actively recruit students from Houston’s low rent apartment neighborhoods. Of the 8,500 students, 85 percent are considered low income, 36 percent are African-American, 62 percent are Latino, and 30 percent have limited English proficiency. Many of these students come from immigrant households, single-parents, or full-time working parents with multiple jobs. This family situation becomes very difficult for parents to help their children succeed academically. Despite these challenges, many parents in those target neighborhoods are eager to give their children the best chance for a good education. Technology. Technology has played a large part in KIPP Houston's success. The use of inexpensive technology has helped teachers to record and track students success, daily attendance, and assignments by using a blended learning model, which is both traditional and digital. This effective use of the technology has allowed students to reach educational goals and milestones. Technology has also allowed for efficiency between the faculty. For instance, if a teacher was to call in sick, another teacher would be able
public schools, there are always going to be a lot of pros and cons. It all depends on whose point of view you are getting. A study made by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, reported that KIPP schools are “providing excellent learning opportunities for students.” This report also noted that students who attended KIPP charter schools for four years have stronger achievement growth than traditional public school students in both math and reading. There have also being other reports that compare and rank students from state to state and KIPP students outrank their traditional public schools peers. Some of these reports say that KIPP students score 15 to 18 percent better in SAT and ACT college entrance