Single mother Monay and her sons deal with the realities of living in a low-income single parent family in Hartsville, SC.

Multiple jobs, late nights for parents and students, minimum wage, what effect do all these realities have on the future of rural education in America? Monay and her young sons are an example of this daily struggle.

School Superintendent Dr. Ingraham takes some time to discuss with Hartsville school district educators some of his priorities and what makes a good school leader.

After a series of disciplinary actions seem fruitless in changing Rashon's behavior the school educators and his mother are faced with a tough reality.

Thornwell is one of the best schools in their district in Hartsville, SC, but when the educators compete with others nation wide, do they make the grade?

Where do role models come from? What effect does it have on a young Black boy to have a young male teacher who looks like him, early in his schooling? Mr. Brown connects with his students.

Generation poverty can be a big hinderance to self evolution particularly if educators tend to write these students off, this is what Principal Julie Mahn has learned in all her years and she strives to make the situation change.

Rashon is a member of his schools Boys Scout troop and it seems to keep him out of trouble, for the most part - here teachers discuss the benefits and difficulties of this.

View the connection between the juvenile justice system and the dropout rate among teens. 3/26/2013

This special gives space and breadth to our nation’s education reform debate by giving the audience a first-hand view of what happens in a school that meets the needs of the most challenged students in new and sometimes non-traditional ways.

To educators, Washington Metropolitan High School (DC Met) is an alternative school with a devoted staff. To district leaders, it is a failure. To many of the school’s students, it is home – a safe haven from sometimes unsparingly difficult lives. 180 Days: A Year inside an American High School provides an intimate portrait of this fledgling school’s day-to-day stories.