Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District Wins Prestigious Broad Prize
The North Carolina district improved the most over the past three years among large, urban systems
September 20, 2011 RSS Feed Print
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan with officials from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district at the 2010 Broad Prize event. The district won the 2011 prize.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg public school district won the 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education today for showing the greatest academic gains in a large, urban school district. The district will receive $550,000 in college scholarships to give out to its graduating seniors.
"Charlotte-Mecklenburg is a model for innovation in urban education," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said
