Kipp Academy

There was a story presented on 60 minutes about two young teachers that wanted to push the envelope of public education by creating a Kipp Academy. Kipp Academy is a inner city public school started in the south that teaches its students that great outcomes come from putting in a lot of hard work. The school meets from 7:30 am to 5:00-5:30pm every week day and then for a few hours on Saturdays. I loved how this video showed that leadership does not discriminate against age. You can be a leader at any age as long as you have the drive and passion to get your message across. The two teachers that started this amazing school were in their early 2o's when they presented their idea to the school board. After many failed attempts to get their proposal granted there was one school distract that believed in them. This helped to show me that a leader never gives up and persist until he/she gets their idea out to the community. In the news report it was very easy to see that the passion that started the school was still alive in the students, teachers, and parents. Passion and drive are contagious and because of these two attributes there are Kipp Academies across the entire United States.