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This week on NOW:
Two years ago when Rilda Da Graca came to the United States from the
Cape Verde Islands — alone and barely speaking a word of English — the
odds of succeeding in her new country were slim. Today, because of an
extraordinary school, this 20 year old is looking forward to earning her
high school diploma next year. As the school year is about to begin, NOW
profiles the Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School, which
takes a radically different approach to education. It is a place of last
chances for kids who don't fit anywhere else: new immigrants, foster
children who've bounced from home to home, students who've chronically
failed and teenage mothers struggling to make a better life for
themselves and their children. After four months of filming inside this
remarkable school, award-winning journalist Robert Krulwich tells the
poignant stories of five students and their brave journeys to
graduation.
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