Schooled: Season One Trailer
Don't Call it the Badlands: The Story of Savannah Zayas
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Savannah Zayas and her daughter Layla play at Cione Playground in Kensington on June 29, 2016. Savannah doesn't take Layla to parks in her own neighborhood. (Jessica Kourkounis/ For Keystone Crossroads)
“Schooled” gives the insider’s story of America’s public schools, through the eyes of students, parents and educators.
We begin with Savannah Zayas, a teen mother in a struggling high school who’s determined to escape poverty by earning her diploma. Season 1 is based on more than a year of interviews with Savannah, who’s fought to overcome horrific abuse, and avoid the problems of the world around her — a drug-infused area of Philadelphia known as “the badlands.” Her goal: to graduate high school.
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