2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education Awarded to Aldine Independent School District; Texas District Wins $1 Million, Four Finalists Each Win $250,000
The selection jury evaluated quantitative data on the finalists, consisting of publicly available student performance data compiled and analyzed by MPR Associates, Inc., a leading national education research consulting firm. In addition, the jury evaluated the five finalist districts’ policies and practices, based on site visits, interviews with administrators, teachers, principals, parents, community leaders, school board members and union representatives and classroom observations. The site visits were conducted by a team of education practitioners led by SchoolWorks, an education consulting company based in Beverly, Mass.
- Companies:
- Aldine Independent School District
- Boston Public Schools
- Broward County Public Schools
- Brownsville Independent School District
- Chartwell Education Group
- CityView America
- Garden Grove Unified School District
- Gwinnett County Public Schools
- Houston Independent School District
- Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy
- Long Beach Unified School District
- MPR Associates, Inc.
- National Chamber Foundation
- New York City Department of Education
- Norfolk Public Schools
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- SchoolWorks
- Service Employees International Union
- Socorro Independent School District
- The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- University of Miami
- Univision
- Places:
- Aldine Independent School District
- Atlanta
- Beverly, Mass.
- Brownsville Independent School District
- California
- Garden Grove Unified School District
- Houston
- Long Beach
- Long Beach Unified School District
- New York City
- North Carolina
- Socorro Independent School District
- South Carolina
- Southern Florida
- Texas District
- U.S.
- Washington, D.C.
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