Broad Center to move from L.A. to Yale along with $100-million gift
The Broad Center, which has attracted praise and suspicion for its training of school district leaders, will move from Los Angeles to Yale University, along with a $100-million gift provided by founder Eli Broad, the center announced Thursday.
The donation is the largest ever for the Yale School of Management and will help fund a master’s program for public education leaders and advanced leadership training for top school system executives — efforts that had been undertaken by the center in Los Angeles.
The current participants will finish their work at the center in Los Angeles before the operation shifts to the East Coast.
“I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished in the last 20 years and I can think of no better future for the Broad Center than Yale University,” Broad said in a statement.
Broad, an 86-year-old billionaire, has recently been planning for the future path of his endeavors in various fields, including medicine and art, for which he has funded research and advocacy.
Broad, an 86-year-old billionaire, has recently been planning for the future path of his endeavors in various fields, including medicine and art, for which he has funded research and advocacy.
The Broad Center has received praise for offering a fresh and evolving take on school district management outside traditional education.
As described by Broad and center leaders, the mission was twofold: to attract and train talented leaders from outside education — including business executives and senior military officers — and to provide needed skills to career educators who rose through the ranks, often starting as teachers.
“The job of leading a large urban school district or a district of any size is incredibly complex, difficult and important,” said Executive Director Becca Bracy Knight. “Instruction is at the core, but other pieces are needed to make that happen well: transportation, food services, safe facilities, hiring and development, external communication and communicating with the community, board governance, and labor relations.”
The center has two tracks: an academy for people in top leadership positions and a residency, which targets earlier career professionals and recently began offering a master’s degree.
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