Can innovative schools be all-inclusive in Philadelphia?
Clip: 12/2/2014 | 6m 31s
A look at a school that’s copying the curriculum of more exclusive charter schools.
Can schools that enroll students of all skill levels use the same methods as more academically selective programs? In the second half of our report on Philadelphia’s public schools, special correspondent for education John Merrow reports on the city’s U School, a neighborhood school that’s copying the project-based learning curriculum of some of the city’s more exclusive charter schools.
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Can innovative schools be all-inclusive in Philadelphia?
Clip: 12/2/2014 | 6m 31s
Can schools that enroll students of all skill levels use the same methods as more academically selective programs? In the second half of our report on Philadelphia’s public schools, special correspondent for education John Merrow reports on the city’s U School, a neighborhood school that’s copying the project-based learning curriculum of some of the city’s more exclusive charter schools.
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