Why Is Big Business And Corporate Media So Interested in KIPP Charter Schools?

Check out D2 Route for some information about who is funding the KIPP Charter Schools.
Be prepared though - the information might scare you.
A former US Intelligence Officer and Chair of the Republican Party?
Gee, and I thought that all of those multi-media, corporate conglomerates just wanted to see our disenfranchised youth catch a break.
Silly me.
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Why Would A Ten Year Old Child Need To Earn The Right To Have A Desk?

KIPP Schools just keep getting weirder and weirder.
Read KIPP, charter school or child abuse ? by D2 Route.
Here’s an excerpt:
It is the first day of school, but the newest members of the KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School aren’t seated at their desks. In fact, the 96 fifth graders at the top of the school’s lengthy [...]

Brainwashing Techniques Worthy of the CIA at KIPP Schools

“If there is any hope, it lies with the prols” -George Orwell
Jim Horn of Schools Matter has written a fascinating post about the brainwashing techniques used at KIPP schools which have been inspired by psychologist Martin Seligman.  (KIPP is the charter school franchise that has been gaining media attention because of their supposed success working with inner [...]

One Big Happy Edu-Family

Doesn’t America have a love affair with The Godfather? I mean who doesn’t count it as one of their favorite movies of all time?
It’s really an amazing thing when you consider the fact that it’s about a group of murdering, sociopathic criminals. According to Wikipedia, “it is ranked as the second greatest film in [...]

From KIPP to Walmart

“By stamping all creative and critical thinking out of young people and teaching them to blindly follow orders, KIPP schools turn out the ideal Wal-Mart worker.”
The following post discusses the relationship between the corporate funders of KIPP schools and their desire for “low-wage, docile workers”
Corporate Puppeteers: A Look at Who’s Behind the Charter School Movement
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What Would KIPP Have Done With Edgar Allan Poe?

Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna man, you should’ve seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe-The Beatles
Edgar Allan Poe; miscreant, individualist, literary innovator.
 
I’m trying to picture it in my head.
I’m shopping for my groceries, looking through the scribbled notes that I call a list. I take out my coupons. Nope. Scratch that. I [...]