Education

A look at a KIPP school (video)

Michigan Public | By Jennifer Guerra,

Published May 19, 2010 at 4:04 PM EDT

The Knowledge is Power Program, known as KIPP, is a national network of charter schools. There are over 80 KIPP Schools across the country, and Detroit leaders are in talks with KIPP to open charters in the city. Michigan Radios Jennifer Guerra and Mercedes Mejia visited a KIPP school in New Orleans and have this look at the experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIXrdyewPyA&feature=player_embedded

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Jennifer Guerra

Jennifer is a reporter for Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity project, which looks at kids from low-income families and what it takes to get them ahead. She previously covered arts and culture for the station, and was one of the lead reporters on the award-winning education series Rebuilding Detroit Schools. Prior to working at Michigan Radio, Jennifer lived in New York where she was a producer at WFUV, an NPR station in the Bronx.

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Mercedes Mejia

Mercedes Mejia is a producer and director of Stateside.

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