title: El Paso metropolitan area
El Paso–Juárez
Socorro, Texas
Burges High School (El Paso, Texas)
Bilingual Education Act
El Paso International Airport
University of Texas at El Paso
East El Paso
Josefina Villamil Tinajero
El Paso Independent School District
sentences: The El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – El Paso and (since 2013) Hudspeth – in far West Texas, anchored by the city of El Paso.
 As of the 2015 census estimate, the MSA had a population of 838,972.
 The El Paso MSA forms part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,053,267 as of the 2015 Census estimate.
El Paso–Juárez, also known as Juárez–El Paso, the Borderplex or Paso del Norte, is a binational metropolitan area, or conurbation, on the border between Mexico and the United States.
 The region is centered on two large cities: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, U.S. Additionally, nearby Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. is sometimes included as part of the region, referred to as El Paso–Juárez–Las Cruces or El Paso–Juárez–Southern New Mexico.
 With over 2.7 million people, this binational region is the 2nd largest metropolitan area (San Diego- Tijuana being the largest) on the United States–Mexico border.
 The El Paso–Juárez region is the largest bilingual, binational work force in the Western Hemisphere.
Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso and on the border of Mexico.
 El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; small unincorporated areas of El Paso County separate it from the nearby municipalities of Horizon City to the north and Clint to the east.
 As of the 2000 census, the city population was 27,152.
 By the 2010 census, the number had grown to 32,013.
 It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area.
 The city is El Paso County's second-largest municipality, after El Paso.
 It has a council manager type of government with five city council members.
 Socorro is the 93rd largest community in the state of Texas.
Burges High School in El Paso, Texas, United States, is a comprehensive high school in the El Paso Independent School District.
 It is located in the Cielo Vista neighborhood on the near east side of El Paso, north of the large shopping center Cielo Vista Mall and south of El Paso International Airport, and is the only El Paso Independent School District high school in East El Paso.
The Bilingual Education Act (BEA) (81 Stat.
 816 ), also known as Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967 (Pub.L.
 90–247 ), approved by the 90th United States Congress on January 2, 1968, and was the first United States federal legislation recognized the needs of limited English speaking ability (LESA) students.
 The BEA was introduced in 1967 by Texas senator Ralph Yarborough and was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 2, 1968.
 While some states, such as California and Texas, and numerous local school districts around the country already had policies and programs designed to meet the special educational needs of elementary and secondary school students not fluent in the English language, this act signaled that the federal government now also recognized the need for and value of bilingual education programs in U.S. public education.
 Passed on the heels of the Civil Rights movement, its purpose was to provide school districts with federal funds, in the form of competitive grants, to establish innovative educational programs for students with limited English speaking ability.
El Paso International Airport (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP, FAA LID: ELP) is a public airport four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, United States.
 It is the largest commercial airport in West Texas, handling 2,778,248 passengers in 2014.
 The airport serves the El Paso–Las Cruces Combined Statistical Area.
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States.
 The school was founded in 1914 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, and a practice mineshaft survives on the mountainous desert campus.
 Following a reorganization of the University of Texas in 1920, the school was renamed the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas.
 It became Texas Western College of the University of Texas in 1949, and The University of Texas at El Paso in 1967.
 UTEP is part of the University of Texas System.
East El Paso is an area of El Paso, Texas, United States, that is located north of Interstate 10, east of Airway Blvd., and south of Montana Ave. East El Paso is the fastest growing area of town.
 With a population of over 150,000, east El Paso is also the largest area of town.
 Its neighborhoods are mainly middle-class, but east El Paso does have a considerable number of affluent neighborhoods.
 East El Paso is noted also for its ridges and cliffs which offer desirable views of the Lower Valley, Juarez, the Franklin Mountains and Downtown El Paso.
 It also possesses the greatest number of entertainment venues in the city.
Josefina Villamil Tinajero is a Mexican-American educator and author.
 Her work and writing are focused on bilingual literacy, and improving student outcomes in higher education.
 Tinajero has served as president of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) and has worked as a professor of bilingual education at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
 Tinajero later became the dean of the college of education at UTEP.
 According to "El Diario de El Paso", she is an expert in bilingual education.
 She is also a member of the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame.
The El Paso Independent School District (or EPISD) is the largest school districts serving El Paso, Texas (USA).
 Originally organized in 1883, it is currently the largest district in the Texas Education Agency's Educational Service Center (ESC) Region 19, as well as the largest district within the city of El Paso and El Paso County.
 The EPISD also provides public education to the children of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss.
 The district headquarters are located in El Paso.

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 The El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – El Paso and (since 2013) Hudspeth – in far West Texas, anchored by the city of El Paso.
 As of the 2015 census estimate, the MSA had a population of 838,972.
 The El Paso MSA forms part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area, with a total population of 1,053,267 as of the 2015 Census estimate. 

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 El Paso–Juárez, also known as Juárez–El Paso, the Borderplex or Paso del Norte, is a binational metropolitan area, or conurbation, on the border between Mexico and the United States.
 The region is centered on two large cities: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, U.S. Additionally, nearby Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. is sometimes included as part of the region, referred to as El Paso–Juárez–Las Cruces or El Paso–Juárez–Southern New Mexico.
 With over 2.7 million people, this binational region is the 2nd largest metropolitan area (San Diego- Tijuana being the largest) on the United States–Mexico border.
 The El Paso–Juárez region is the largest bilingual, binational work force in the Western Hemisphere. 

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 The Bilingual Education Act (BEA) (81 Stat.
 816 ), also known as Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967 (Pub.L.
 90–247 ), approved by the 90th United States Congress on January 2, 1968, and was the first United States federal legislation recognized the needs of limited English speaking ability (LESA) students.
 The BEA was introduced in 1967 by Texas senator Ralph Yarborough and was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 2, 1968.
 While some states, such as California and Texas, and numerous local school districts around the country already had policies and programs designed to meet the special educational needs of elementary and secondary school students not fluent in the English language, this act signaled that the federal government now also recognized the need for and value of bilingual education programs in U.S. public education.
 Passed on the heels of the Civil Rights movement, its purpose was to provide school districts with federal funds, in the form of competitive grants, to establish innovative educational programs for students with limited English speaking ability. 

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 El Paso International Airport (IATA: ELP, ICAO: KELP, FAA LID: ELP) is a public airport four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, United States.
 It is the largest commercial airport in West Texas, handling 2,778,248 passengers in 2014.
 The airport serves the El Paso–Las Cruces Combined Statistical Area. 

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 The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States.
 The school was founded in 1914 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, and a practice mineshaft survives on the mountainous desert campus.
 Following a reorganization of the University of Texas in 1920, the school was renamed the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas.
 It became Texas Western College of the University of Texas in 1949, and The University of Texas at El Paso in 1967.
 UTEP is part of the University of Texas System. 

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 East El Paso is an area of El Paso, Texas, United States, that is located north of Interstate 10, east of Airway Blvd., and south of Montana Ave. East El Paso is the fastest growing area of town.
 With a population of over 150,000, east El Paso is also the largest area of town.
 Its neighborhoods are mainly middle-class, but east El Paso does have a considerable number of affluent neighborhoods.
 East El Paso is noted also for its ridges and cliffs which offer desirable views of the Lower Valley, Juarez, the Franklin Mountains and Downtown El Paso.
 It also possesses the greatest number of entertainment venues in the city. 

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 Josefina Villamil Tinajero is a Mexican-American educator and author.
 Her work and writing are focused on bilingual literacy, and improving student outcomes in higher education.
 Tinajero has served as president of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) and has worked as a professor of bilingual education at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).
 Tinajero later became the dean of the college of education at UTEP.
 According to "El Diario de El Paso", she is an expert in bilingual education.
 She is also a member of the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame. 

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 The El Paso Independent School District (or EPISD) is the largest school districts serving El Paso, Texas (USA).
 Originally organized in 1883, it is currently the largest district in the Texas Education Agency's Educational Service Center (ESC) Region 19, as well as the largest district within the city of El Paso and El Paso County.
 The EPISD also provides public education to the children of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss.
 The district headquarters are located in El Paso. 

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Answer: University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)