Feinberg, a former Teach for America teacher, founded the KIPP Academy in Houston, TX., for 5 th to 9 th graders. N.Y. The KIPP Academy has students performing in the 61 percentile in reading and 81 percentile in math nationwide. Our success is not an anomaly. But for the same reason, it is not a magic bullet. One factor that has been a key to the school s success is the schedule of school time, Feinberg said.
Students also receive two to three hours of homework nightly.