2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education Awarded to Aldine Independent School District; Texas District Wins $1 Million, Four Finalists Each Win $250,000
The $2 million Broad (rhymes with “road”) Prize is an annual award that honors the five large urban school districts that demonstrate the strongest student achievement and improvement while narrowing achievement gaps between income and ethnic groups. The money goes directly to graduating high school seniors for college scholarships.
- 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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