Watch the Broad Prize announcement live on Sept. 25
2013 September 20
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will announce the winner of the 2013 Broad Prize for Urban Education on Wed., Sept. 25, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Broad Foundation will carry the announcement live on its website at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, and you can register to watch the free webcast here.
HISD is one of four finalists for the prize this year, which is considered the most prestigious in public education. HISD was also a finalist in 2012, and it won the inaugural Broad Prize in 2002.
Here are some other dates you might want to mark on your calendar:
- Sept. 15-21: Share Our Strength’s Dine Out for No Kid Hungry
- Sept. 18-Dec. 18: Friends of Houston Public Library Farmers’ Market Book Sale
- Sept. 25 (.pdf): Payday
- Sept. 28: National History Day workshop
- Sept. 28: The Museum Experience
- Oct. 1-31: National Principals Month
- Oct. 1: National Night Out (TX only)
- Oct. 1: New employee orientation
- Oct. 4 & 5: Friends of Houston Public Library Children’s Book Sale
- Oct. 4-7: Silk Road Festival
- Oct. 9 (.pdf): Payday
- Oct. 10: Board meeting (regular)
- Oct. 12 & 13: Bayou City Art Festival
- Oct. 13-19: Teen Read Week
- Oct. 14-18: National School Lunch Week
- Oct. 19: Energy Day
- Oct. 23 (.pdf): Payday
- Oct. 26: Marathon Kids Houston Kickoff
- Nov. 2: School Choice Fair
- Nov. 4-8: Magnet Awareness Week
- Nov. 5: Election Day
- Nov. 5: New employee orientation
- Nov. 6 (.pdf): Payday
- Nov. 14: ADL’s Houston in Concert Against Hate
- Nov. 18-22: SPARK Parks Week
- Nov. 23 & 24: Vio Colori Street Festival
- Nov. 27-29: Thanksgiving holiday (.pdf)
- Dec. 3: New employee orientation
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