Broad Prize finalists announced
The Broad Foundation today announced what it considers to be the five urban school districts making the most progress in raising student achievement:
Aldine Independent School District in Houston
Broward County Public Schools in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Gwinnett County Public Schools outside Atlanta
Long Beach Unified School District in California
Socorro Independent School District in El Paso, Texas
These districts are the finalists for the annual Broad Prize, the biggest award in urban education. The winner will get $1 million and the other four will get $250,000 each to use for college scholarships for high school students.
This Education Week blog points out that all five of the districts have high Latino populations. Officials in Baltimore have made no secret that they hope to be a finalist for this award in the next few years. New York City won in 2007.
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Comments
I love the ambition of Dr. A & his board. City Schools has always had the potential to vy/vie (sp?) for accolades such as the Broad Prize. I hope when we get it, it will be genuine and not a mere shuffling of numbers and papers to make things look better than they really are. BTW: this month's PDK arrived in my mail yesterday and it is all about "districts that work". I am going to enjoy reading it and making a comparative analysis.
Posted by: Alrighty Then... | April 3, 2009 3:18 AM