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FRONTLINE; Fast Times at West Philly High
07/12/2012
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Fast Times at West Philly High
- Program Number
3015
- Series Description
Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983
- Program Description
Students and teachers from West Philadelphia High School, a public high school serving one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia, defy expectations as they design and build two super-hybrid cars for international competition and compete for the chance to be part of a technological revolution. In summer 2010, the high school's EVX Team raced against mega-sized auto manufacturers, multimillion-dollar start-ups and university teams from around the world in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition. The challenge: build an affordable, 100 miles-per-gallon car. The prize: $10 million dollars. FRONTLINE explores the viability of these cars, the potential that exists within our young people and the prospects of effective innovation in public education.
An Electric Camel Films production for WGBH/FRONTLINE
Middle School Moment (13:34) Also in this hour, a growing body of evidence suggests that the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually be in middle school. And yet middle schools, with their vulnerable population, have long been overlooked. Now a group of dedicated educators are thrusting middle schools onto center stage. They want to use data to find the answer to the middle school malaise. What's more, they insist this data already exists, has enormous power to help repair a broken school system and to predict and prevent dropouts before they happen.
A FRONTLINE production with Left/Right Docs
- Duration
00:56:10
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- News
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Fast Times at West Philly High,” 07/12/2012, GBH Archives, accessed April 1, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_76EC220FC1004A7C9EDC57E4879D0926.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Fast Times at West Philly High.” 07/12/2012. GBH Archives. Web. April 1, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_76EC220FC1004A7C9EDC57E4879D0926>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Fast Times at West Philly High. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_76EC220FC1004A7C9EDC57E4879D0926