New York City’s public school system won the Broad Prize for student achievement and the lessening of the gap between white and minority students.
Mayor Bloomberg accepted the award yesterday along with Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein in Washington. The $500,000 prize money will go to scholarship funds.
Eli Broad, is a philanthropist in LA, is head of the Broad Foundation, which works to improve large school districts nationwide
Really? Wow. Because I could have sworn that Bloomberg and his henchmen were still opening more juvenile centers than schools to place youth of color instead of having them in schools where they actually learn something. Or better yet, I could have sworn that he was closing down schools that “need improvement” in low-income areas where there are “minorities” instead of trying to address issues of classism, racism and apathetic teachers. My mistake. I must be living in a parallel universe in NYC as an Educator and youth organizer.