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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS NAMED A FINALIST MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Public Schools was named one of five finalists for the prestigious $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education for the second year in a row. M-DCPS is the only district in the state selected for the honor. The Broad Prize recognizes urban school districts that demonstrate the highest comprehensive performance and student achievement improvement, in addition to reducing achievement gap among ethnic groups and high-and low-income children. In 2006, 73 percent of Miami-Dade schools earned an A or B accountability grade, and students in nearly every grade achieved significant academic gains in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) reading and math. The Broad Prize will be awarded Tuesday, September 18 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The winning school district will receive $500,000 in scholarships for graduating seniors. Each finalist will receive $125,000 in scholarships. Other finalists include Bridgeport Public Schools, Connecticut; Long Beach Unified School District, California; New York City Department of Education and Northside Independent School District in northwest San Antonio, Texas. The Broad Foundation is a national venture philanthropy. Its mission is to dramatically improve K-12 urban public education through better governance, management, labor relations and competition. # # # 07-FMN/107/DF |
