Against Odds, School Propels Its Students to College

By Debra Viadero
Brownsville, Texas

Every year, Clement R. Markley does a little mathematics exercise with his history classes here at Simon Rivera High School.

"What do you think is a good salary?" the veteran teacher asks his students, most of whom come from families scraping by on below-poverty-level incomes.

Some might guess $10 an hour. A few go as high as $20 an hour. Then Mr. Markley shows his students his own annual household budget, and the teacher and his students...

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