Broad Prize for Urban Education explained

The Broad Prize for Urban Education recognized school districts in urban areas for closing the achievement gap and improving the academic performance of low-income and minority students. It was sponsored by the foundation of philanthropists Eli Broad and Edythe Broad, and included $500,000 in college scholarships to graduates from the winning district. The prize was offered from 2002–2014. The prize was suspended as the foundation redirected its resources toward funding charter schools.^[1]

Recipients

The winners were:^[2]

• 2002 Houston Independent School District, Texas
• 2003 Long Beach Unified School District, California
• 2004 Garden Grove Unified School District, California
• 2005 Norfolk Public Schools, Virginia
• 2006 Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts
• 2007 New York City Department of Education, New York
• 2008 Brownsville Independent School District, Texas
• 2009 Aldine Independent School District, Texas
• 2010 Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia
• 2011 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina
• 2012 Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida
• 2013 Houston Independent School District, Texas
• 2014 Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia
• 2014 Orange County Public Schools, Florida

References

1. News: Blume . Howard . Broad Foundation suspends $1-million prize for urban school districts . 26 March 2024 . Los Angeles Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210053143/https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-broad-prize-20150209-story.html . 10 December 2023.
2. Web site: The Broad Prize for Urban Education, 2002 - 2014 . The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation . 26 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231230070905/https://broadfoundation.org/the-broad-prize-for-urban-education/ . 30 December 2023.