CNN profiles KIPP Strive Principal Ed Chang during their “I am America” series. Â Chang left his lucrative career as a physical therapist to invest in education, choosing “…service over self.”
About KIPP Strive:
KIPP STRIVE Academy is a tuition-free Atlanta Public Schools charter school located in the West End/Westview neighborhood in Atlanta. Our community supporters include organizations and academic institutions such as Spelman, Morehouse, Ray and Joan Kroc Salvation Army (Atlanta), NPU-T, Westview Community Organization, and the Wren’s Nest.
KIPP STRIVE Academy was founded in 2009 with approximately 90 fifth grade students and will add a grade each year until it serves approximately 340 students in grades five through eight.
About KIPP Metro Atlanta:
There are five schools within the KIPP Metro Atlanta region: four middle schools and one high school. KIPP WAYS Academy, KIPP STRIVE Academy, and KIPP Vision Academy are middle schools chartered through Atlanta Public Schools. KIPP Atlanta College High School is our region’s first high school and is also chartered through Atlanta Public Schools. KIPP South Fulton Academy is a middle school chartered through Fulton County Schools. KIPP Metro Atlanta plans to open its first elementary school in the 2012-2013 school year.