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KIPP SoCal ("SoCal" means
Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ...
) is a
charter school A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of auto ...
operator associated with KIPP (
Knowledge Is Power Program The Knowledge is Power Program, commonly known as KIPP, is a network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory schools in low income communities throughout the United States. KIPP is America's largest network of charter schools. The head of ...
). KIPP LA, serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area Greater Los Angeles is the second-largest metropolitan region in the United States with a population of 18.5 million in 2021, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino Coun ...
, was founded in 2003 with two middle schools and now consists of 15 schools. According to an article in ''LA School Report'', the district "serves 5,750 students, 90 percent of them low income, 74 percent are Latinos, 24 percent are English learners, and 11 percent receive special education services." KIPP LA united with KIPP San Diego in July 2019 to form KIPP SoCal. Marcia Aaron is KIPP SoCal's CEO and founder.


Awards and recognition

In 2015, KIPP Raíces Academy School was named a
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by the
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. The same award was given in 2016 to KIPP Los Angeles College Prep. A 2016 Education Equality Index from Education Cities recognized the work done by three KIPP LA schools to close the achievement gap. A 2017
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study said that KIPP LA gained 90 days of learning in reading compared with students at LA district schools.


Conflicts with District

In 2017, KIPP LA was involved with a conflict with the
Los Angeles School District Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in ...
over what KIPP considered to be overly aggressive oversight, including by the district's inspector general.


See also

* KIPP: Delta Public Schools * KIPP San Antonio Public Schools


References

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