A Houston-based charter organization serving predominantly minority and low-income students won the first Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools and will receive $250,000 to boost college readiness among low-income students.

YES Prep Public Schools was noted for eliminating nearly every achievement gap between minority and white students, as well as between poor and more affluent children.

The charter school prize is the

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