Winner of $2 Million Broad Prize for Urban Education to be Announced
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Winner of $2 Million Broad Prize for Urban Education to be
Announced, Named Most Improved Urban School District
Aldine, Broward County, Gwinnett County, Long Beach and Socorro
Vie for CountryÂ’s Largest Education Prize
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Who:
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Members of Congress
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty
Philanthropist Eli Broad
300 leading education policy-makers and practitioners
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What:
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Announce the winner of the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education, the largest education prize in the country. The finalists are school districts inAldine, Texas; Broward County, Fla.; Gwinnett County, Ga.; Long Beach,Calif. and Socorro, Texas.
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When:
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Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
- 9 to 10:45 a.m. ET: Panel discussion with superintendents from The Broad Prize finalist districts, moderated by former USA Today education journalist Richard Whitmire
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11 a.m. to noon ET: Announcement of winner, with remarks by Secretary Duncan
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Where:
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United States Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C. Enter below EastPlaza of Capitol between Constitution and Independence Avenues. Events in Congressional Auditorium.
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The $2 million Broad (pronounced “brodeÂâ€) Prize for Urban Education (http://www.broadprize.org/) annually honors urban American school districts that demonstrate the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing income and ethnic achievement gaps. The winning district will receive $1 million in college scholarships for high school seniors, with $250,000 in scholarships for each finalist district. The event is sponsored by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (www.broadfoundation.org).
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