BEATING THE ODDS - Inside Five Urban Charter Schools

Over a year in production, this two-hour, high-definition television documentary, directed by nationally acclaimed filmmaker Robbie Leppzer, takes us inside five high-performing urban charter public schools in and around Boston, Massachusetts. These schools serve mostly low-income, Black and Latino students, and set records for achievement and send the vast majority of their students on to college.

How do these schools deliver on the fundamental promise of equal educational opportunity, particularly for historically under-served, urban students? What lessons do they offer? How are these schools helping to turn around the crisis in urban education?

Through interviews with students, teachers, and school leaders, as well as scenes depicting daily life inside the classroom and at school-wide events, BEATING THE ODDS presents an engaging examination of what makes these charter public schools successful.

This is an excerpt of that film. Excerpt Running Time: 12:20