November 20, 1998

University Joins With Entire Community to Raise Academic Standards in El Paso's Schools

By JULIANNE BASINGER

The collaborative effort sharply improves education in a city plagued by poverty and illiteracy

Not far from the few tall buildings at the center of this city surrounded by miles of desert, thousands of families live in makeshift neighborhoods of homes put together from cardboard and cinder block and odd pieces of wood. Many lack electricity and running water.

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