Projects:

Texas
A Community of 21st Century Learners for El Paso

Project Homepage:http://challenge.coe.utep.edu/

A Community of 21st Century Learners for El Paso is an ambitious program created by the Socorro independent School District to rejuvenate the schools in El Paso, Texas. The program goals are to produce within 5 years:

1. 10 restructured partner schools and a teacher preparation institution, fully connected to the Internet and its resources
2. 120 teachers who integrate acquired technologies and national standards into the curriculum, and who serve as teacher trainers at 70 other schools
3. 10,000 students from impoverished neighborhoods who bridge the academic performance gap in state and national standardized tests
4. 1,000 Hispanic parents utilizing laptop computers in a program to provide technology knowledge and skills
5. 100 business partners serving as students
6. A Community of Learners development change model with emphasis on access to technology to be exported to the 55 schools that are members of the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence.

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Grantee:
Socorro Independent School District

Project Director:

Phone:915-860-3438
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Address:
12300 Eastlake Drive
El Paso, TX 79927