Thank you for responding! I am currently not aware of charter schools with large populations that meet with your level of success. As these models are being promoted more frequently, I would welcome more studies, research and data on them versus public schools. However from my own experience and seeing success elsewhere, I tend to think that smaller schools capture success more easily. Again, thank you for taking the time.

CJMBS, thanks for asking a question that I suspect is on the minds of many who view this video and go through this package. I am the principal of KIPP King and I have to say that I believe this is scalable - not easy (nothing worth doing is), but definitely possible. This model is pervasive throughout our school and is built into the schedule as a school wide endeavor for an hour on Wednesdays and Thursdays. We currently do this to great success with 460 students and roughly 30 teachers which is our entire school. As with anything, it takes a deep, systemic commitment to extensive training and support as well as thoughtful hiring.

It is definitely an endeavor that gets easier as you succeed. Our students want this time. For the most part they love it. Our teachers work hard at it and when they do it quickly becomes their favorite part of the day as well.

There have been a number of times when we have asked the same question about scaling something beyond one classroom to the whole school. Just when I think X number is too large for any one thing I think of two things.

First, I think about how much stronger our students will be in the college classrooms they frequent and the power of influence they will have once we have provided them with the opportunity under consideration.

For some reason, I also always think about the closing ceremonies to the Bejing Olympics. As offbeat and crazy as that sounds, it was flawless, precise, high energy execution at a scale that still baffles me and inspires me to believe that anything is possible. You can pick your own vehicle for inspiration, but I think having one is important when you undertake a daunting challenge for which everyone has at least one excuse why you shouldn't do it.

Please know that our doors are always open to you and we love visitors. It is fun to see this in practice.

Has KIPP replicated this on a large scale? I'm at a building with 800 students and over 125 educational professions, there are another 25 support staff. I would like to know the largest population that such a program has been implemented and if strategies or methods will be shared.