Broad Foundation Honors Texas School With Prize
October 16, 2008
The Broad Foundation has picked the Brownsville, Tex., Independent School district to receive the $1-million Broad Prize for Urban Education — a prize that will support college scholarships for the school’s graduating seniors, reports the Associated Press.
“In the face of stark poverty, Brownsville is outpacing other large urban districts nationwide because it is smartly focusing all resources on directly supporting students and teachers,” said philanthropist Eli Broad, at the prize ceremony in New York.
