KIPP Courage at Landrum Middle School Leader Eric
Schmidt spoke on behalf of KIPP Schools after the charter school organization
that began 20 years ago here in Houston was named on July 1 as winner of the
Broad Prize, a highly regarded, top national education award. The Broad Prize was presented during a national charter school convention held in Las Vegas on July 1.
Schmidt has been the school leader at KIPP Courage
at Landrum since the middle school charter program opened two years ago. Under
the district SKY Partnership, KIPP and YES Prep have growing student programs
at Landrum and Northbrook middle schools.
KIPP Schools now have 50,000 students in 20 states
and the District of Columbia, and the nationally known charter organization
beat out two other charter programs to earn the Broad Prize, which includes a
$250,000 award.
In Las Vegas, it was announced that KIPP will share
its prize award with finalists. Achievement First, based in the Northeast, and Texas-based
IDEA Public Schools as a college scholarship fund.
“This is the recognition of all the hard work that
our kids are putting in every day and everything that our teachers and our
parents are doing for our kids ever day,” Schmidt told Houston Public Media
radio reporter Laura Isensee.
Schmidt says KIPP’s philosophy has a lot to do with its
success with all students and particular groups, including Hispanic students.
“We focus on both character and academics. And so we
not only want to give students the
knowledge they need to be successful in college but also help them
develop the character strengths that are going to allow them to be successful,”
he told Isensee, who is a KUHF 88.7 radio reporter.
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