3 BISD Schools Chosen as National Award Finalists

The National Center for Urban School Transformation has announced that 22 schools from across the country have been chosen as finalists for the National Excellence in Urban Education Award. Among the finalists are three Brownsville elementary schools: US Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz Elementary School, Daniel Breeden Elementary and A.X. Benavides Elementary. “These schools are among the best urban schools in the nation,” stated Dr. Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Executive Director of the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST), the organization that administers the award program. “Although these schools serve low-income communities with an array of challenges, every finalist boasts achievement results that exceed state averages for all students.” View the media release.