Last Chance High: Beautiful band of misfits fight to graduate — part two
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Stephen Schaeffer leads a "real world learning" class during El Centro's fall 2018 trimester. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
On this episode of Schooled, we continue following Joshua Martinez and his classmates at El Centro de Estudiantes as they fight to graduate.
But a teacher at El Centro raises serious criticism about the rigor of the school that leads to bigger questions: For students who are far behind grade level, how much should we really expect? Where’s the line for who deserves a diploma?

This is the conclusion of the “Last Chance High” storyline in Schooled’s third season.
Listen to part two above, or wherever you get your podcasts. The full story can be read here.