Pros
The mission is to help underprivileged children, and it is a remarkable mission. Also, the children are darling and this work is vitally important work.
Cons
My experience interviewing and accepting a position to teach at a KIPP DC school was very unprofessional. I communication was vague (even after I received an offer letter) and I was never told which school I would be working at. I consistently had to reach out to them for answers to my inquiries and, even then, information was ambiguous. After e-mailing for more clarity on which school and subject I would be teaching, and them ultimately telling me they would be placing me in a elementary school classroom (after I applied, interviewed, and accepted an offer for secondary ONLY) I retracted my acceptance of offer. Overall, it felt like something was going on that wasn't completely truthful on the part of KIPP DC. I have since found out (from a former 6th grade Science teacher) that the organization on KIPP DC specifically is very bad-leading to high teacher turnover. My personal experience with KIPP DC was awful, (and I have heard the same from former teachers) but I have heard raving reviews about working at KIPP schools in other areas of the country.