KIPP Reform Schools--Teacher Sweat Shops

[Modern School]

KIPP schools are often touted as an example of how a well-designed school full of dedicated true-believer educators can trump race and class and get low income students to succeed. This is, of course, an Ed Deform fantasy. 60% of the 5th graders in Oakland, California, KIPP schools didn’t even make it to the 8th grade. Parents must sign contracts and commit to KIPP’s draconian policies on discipline and homework, a policy that results in the exclusion of those low income students who would be most likely to fail in any school environment. Those who make it into KIPP, but who fail to meet KIPP’s high standards, are quietly pushed out, thus helping to pad KIPP’s “impressive” stats.

KIPP schools typically require their non-unionized teachers to work 65 hours per week, including mandatory Saturdays and summers.

To read more, please go to http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2010/11/kipp-reform-schools-teacher-sweat-shops.html

[knitter4democracy]

1. So, when do their teachers work on re-certification?

That's what summers and Saturdays are for, all the hours we need to get recertified.