How can we give students options when their public schools are failing them?
What exactly is NCLB and how is it effecting our education system?
How do we ensure that all children are prepared to enter kindergarten?
Why are we struggling to recruit and retain teachers? What reforms do the candidates propose to solve the teacher shortage and improve their working conditions?
With a struggling economy, should lawmakers place further emphasis on federally-funded school-to-work programs? Moreover, do they work?
Who are the key players changing education today?
Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)
Jack Kent Cooke: Founder of Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
"Destiny demands you do better than your supposed best."
Disruptive Innovation: The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation offers grants and scholarships for high school and college students. It is specifically intended for students who make the leap from a community college to an elite university. Most have gone to community college not because they lack the academic talent for a four-year institution, but because they lack the money (click here for one example).
Potential to Serve: Students - especially immigrants or children of immigrants, first-generation college students, and low-income students.