Funded Programs
Over the years, the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence has undertaken numerous initiatives aimed at improving the schooling experience and academic achievement of all students in our region. These initiatives focus on supporting teachers and faculty members to teach at the highest levels, on working with administrators to ensure the creation of effective schools focused on high achievement for all students, on engaging parents and families in the work of improving schools and student learning, and on ensuring that the full community sets high expectations for all students, teachers and schools. These initiatives have been generously supported by a range of funders and have been implemented within the framework of a series of programs guided by the funders.
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Math & Science Partnership
MSP brought together all 12 of the region's school districts with the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), El Paso Community College (EPCC), and a host of business and community organizations, to ensure that all students succeed in mathematics and science at every point in the schooling process, K-16.
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K-16 Mathematics Alignment
The K-16 Mathematics and Science Alignment Project was funded initially by a generous grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts, with work completed under the National Science Foundation's Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) grant.
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El Paso T-STEM Center
The statewide T-STEM Center Initiative was designed to support excellent STEM teaching and learning in K-12 schools across the state, create strategic partnerships to support and prioritize STEM achievement, and establish a statewide network to showcase best practices in school redesign to improve student achievement.
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Urban Systemic Initiative
The El Paso Urban Systemic Initiative (USI) was a $15 million, five-year grant awarded to the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence, in partnership with the city's three largest school districts, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1994.
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Literacy in Action
The impetus for the program was the recognition that fundamental to academic achievement in all content areas is an ability to read a full-range of texts well, and to communicate ideas in written form clearly, thoroughly and compellingly.
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Urban Systemic Program
The El Paso Urban Systemic Program (USP), which built on the success of the El Paso Urban Systemic Initiative and its commitment to ensuring high student achievement in mathematics and science for all children, was supported by a five-year, $11.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, awarded in 1999
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Technology Integration
The overarching goal of the Partnership was to transform the ways in which educators use technology to support the implementation of high quality curricula and accelerate learning so that all students attain high levels of academic achievement.