Urban Education (1204)

This program begins with a look at McNair Academic High School. It began as a desegregation project in Jersey City to prove that the races in the city could get along. It later became NJ Monthly magazine's pick as the number one public high school in the garden state. Guests in the studio to talk about the challenges facing educators in urban districts, how some schools are beating the odds and achieving academic success, and some new approaches to education.

Guests - Dr. Robert Roggenstein, Principal, McNair Academic HS - Jack Washington, Educator, Trenton HS - Christine Taylor, Principal, Science HS