GBH Documentaries
The Highest Standard - Trailer
Preview: Special | 2m 8s
Three Boston-area public middle-schoolers students make a leap across the education gap.
This film follows three Boston-area public middle-schoolers as they make a leap across the education gap. They take a chance at Beacon Academy, a 14-month program that aims to help students from historically underrepresented communities succeed at some of the best private high schools in the country. Four years later, these students revisit their life-changing year, the benefits and the costs.
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GBH Documentaries is a local public television program presented by GBH
GBH Documentaries
The Highest Standard - Trailer
Preview: Special | 2m 8s
This film follows three Boston-area public middle-schoolers as they make a leap across the education gap. They take a chance at Beacon Academy, a 14-month program that aims to help students from historically underrepresented communities succeed at some of the best private high schools in the country. Four years later, these students revisit their life-changing year, the benefits and the costs.
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