KIPP school poised for growth in Oklahoma City area
Mike Feinberg, founder of a charter school network that now has 109 schools across the nation, will be in Oklahoma City on Thursday to speak to supporters of the local KIPP school.
Principal Tracy McDaniel is shooting for the tipping point.
For the past 10 years his school — KIPP Reach College Preparatory — has been taking predominately low-income middle school students from northeast Oklahoma City and helping them surpass the academic achievements of their more privileged peers.
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But McDaniel says one school that serves about 280 students isn't enough.
He wants to expand to an elementary school and high school. He wants to partner with other inner-city schools to spread the success of KIPP, the Knowledge is Power Program.
“If we can do some things to share, to open the doors and to be a tipping point for Oklahoma City,” McDaniel said. “I want all those schools to be successful, not just KIPP.”
Thursday night at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, McDaniel will share his vision with leaders from across the state in education and business.
He will be joined by the Mike Feinberg — the co-founder of the first KIPP school in Houston — who now is the head of a program used in 109 KIPP schools across the nation.
Feinberg, of “Waiting for Superman” fame, will talk about “The Power of Transformational Education.”
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