Why six years of high school might pay off in the workforce
Clip: 4/10/2014 | 8m 15s
Hari Sreenivasan tells the story of Pathways in Technology Early College High School
At Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., students are expected to attend for six years, earning both a high school diploma and a two-year Associate’s degree. P-TECH and other schools based on the same model aim to give students from low-income families a head start on college with free, career-oriented coursework. Hari Sreenivasan tells the story.
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Why six years of high school might pay off in the workforce
Clip: 4/10/2014 | 8m 15s
At Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., students are expected to attend for six years, earning both a high school diploma and a two-year Associate’s degree. P-TECH and other schools based on the same model aim to give students from low-income families a head start on college with free, career-oriented coursework. Hari Sreenivasan tells the story.
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