Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100317:11:42:00
Enrollment and massive debt and some of the highest dropout numbers in the country. it's not all bad in the city's classrooms. alan chernoff is looking at the group of schools that are actually getting it right. >> reporter: violin lessons for everyone begin in third grade. mandarin chinese is mandatory beginning in kindergarten and computer challenges reinforce what's taught in the classroom. cornerstone schools, one private and two charter schools part of the public system are overachievers, students on average test a year above grade level at 95 go on to graduate high school. students here ...
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