One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won a coveted $1 million prize Tuesday for making academic advances. - The Brownsville Independent School District serves nearly 50,000 students — 98 percent Hispanic and 43 percent learning English.

Posted on: October 15th, 2008
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