HISD Wins 2013 Broad Prize

See the reaction to the Houston Independent School District winning the 2013 Broad Prize. The Broad Foundation will donate $550,000 worth of scholarships to our graduating seniors.

Storified by HoustonISD · Thu, Sep 26 2013 09:34:41

HISD wins big education prize houstonchronicle.com/news/education… #HISD

— Kashmere High · Thu, Sep 26 2013 09:10:28

Thanks so much for all the kind tweets after #HISD won #BroadPrize! Take a look at what everyone said: bit.ly/15U1kJ2

— HoustonISD · Thu, Sep 26 2013 08:54:29

MT @Eduflack: Houston reforms, often overshadowed, now in limelight w/Broad Prize | HechingerEd Blog: hechingered.org/content/housto… cc:@HoustonISD

— Veronica Flores · Thu, Sep 26 2013 08:36:07

Congrats to @HoustonISD for being named 1st 2-time @BroadFoundation Prize Winner! usnews.com/education/high…

— Genesys Works · Thu, Sep 26 2013 07:52:35

Congrats to the 4 urban districts who were #broadprize finalists! Fantastic video highlighting their hard work. youtu.be/4APhLvK3Kqg

— Arne Duncan · Thu, Sep 26 2013 07:48:55

@HoustonISD award $550,000 in college scholarships for its high school seniors. More here: sfgate.com/news/texas/art…

— Generation TX · Thu, Sep 26 2013 07:32:12

Congratulations to @HoustonISD faculty, staff, students, and parents for being awarded the 2013 Broad Prize. @tgrierhisd #ALLmeansALL

— Jerry S. Boyd · Thu, Sep 26 2013 05:29:54

@HoustonISD Congratulations!!

— BEB TEXAS · Thu, Sep 26 2013 04:20:42

@HoustonISD Congratulations on winning the Broad Prize!!!

— marla · Thu, Sep 26 2013 04:12:56

Congrats @tgrierhisd & @HoustonISD on winning #broadprize! Lots of great work, but charter/district collab = highlight for me @KIPP @YESPrep

— Allie Kimmel · Thu, Sep 26 2013 03:56:06

Big win for @HoustonISD and @tgrierhisd by winning the @BroadFoundation prize! Congrats! Great acknowledgement for Houston.

— John Troy · Wed, Sep 25 2013 19:59:38

"@PurplePups: Congrats HISD! 2nd time Broad Prize winner!" LMS is one great example of great work! Congrats all @HoustonISD !

— Liz Bello · Wed, Sep 25 2013 18:55:36

Thanks to all the #HISD teachers, staff, employees, and students who did the hard work that resulted in the 2013 Broad Prize.

— Anne Sung · Wed, Sep 25 2013 18:38:29

We won the #BroadPrize. Don't agree w all reform, but college scholarship money will be life-changing for a lot of youth in Houston. #HISD

— J Faber · Wed, Sep 25 2013 18:34:06

@tgrierhisd @HoustonISD Congratulations on winning the #broadprize! Proud to be a graduate of #SamHoustonHighSchool

— JoAnn Gama · Wed, Sep 25 2013 17:46:12

Earlier today, the @HoustonISD was named the winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education: blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Distric… via @District_Doss

— Education Week · Wed, Sep 25 2013 17:35:44

Congratulations to @HoustonISD for winning the 2013 #BroadPrize. Way to go!

— Lisa Brady Gill · Wed, Sep 25 2013 16:57:01

#HISD named America’s Top Urban School District bit.ly/1h2hHol #hounews

— KHOU 11 News Houston · Wed, Sep 25 2013 16:14:58

Congrats to @HoustonISD for winning The Broad Prize for Urban Education. We're proud to call them a partner of #SCW: nscw.me/1apHg0X

— School Choice Week · Wed, Sep 25 2013 15:59:12

@HoustonISD Congratulations!

— MSMI · Wed, Sep 25 2013 15:45:18