When Michael Feinberg and Dan Levin created their young Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) schools in Houston in the early 1990s, they hoped only to prove to her school, which is highly structured and demanding program can raise the academic performance of students from poor families. A little over 10 years later, however, KIPP name and they honed approach was the formation of a "brand" is used in more than 40 schools under the control of the KIPP Foundation, they helped to establish and operate. This case tells the story of how KIPP grown from one school to the formation of the franchise, all the while taking steps to ensure that its unique approach still employed at the school bearing the name of KIPP. In particular, the case focuses on the relationship between the founders of KIPP Levin and Feinberg and two key benefactors, Donald and Doris Fisher, who used a state earned in its chain of clothing GAP, to help KIPP idea of "going to scale." It focuses on solutions Fischer, Feinberg Levin and legal staff at San Francisco-based KIPP Foundation-funded Fishers, to KIPP standards will be maintained in schools KIPP. HKS Case Number 1847.0 "Hide
by Howard Husock, Mark H. Moore 38 pages. Date Published: August 11, 2006. Prod. #: HKS341-PDF-ENG
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