March 24, 2006

Crossing Borders With Poetry and Art

By STEVEN P. SCHNEIDER

The lecture hall at the Hidalgo County Historical Museum in Edinburg, Tex., was filled with public-high-school English teachers from across the Rio Grande Valley, a bicultural, bilingual nexus of peoples and cultures. Edinburg is located 10 miles from the Pharr International Bridge and 20 miles from the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge, two of the main border crossings between Mexico and the United States.

The teachers were all participating in the federal Gear Up program, designed

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