A few public schools across the country are trying a different approach to engaging their students in the learning process: using the surrounding communities and neighborhoods as classrooms. This creates not only a different type of learning environment, but also a different kind of student. This program showcases a diverse range of K-12 public schools across five states that have the potential to refocus the national debate around the direction that educational reform should take.

Originally released by Robert Gliner, 2012. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 06, 2019.

Schools That Change Communities (58:22); .